[New post] The Brute-Force Password Attack on WordPress Sites

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "My mother emailed me and asked if WordPress was under attack. With all the news of last week's attack of the Boston Marathon, the attacks on WordPress and other PHP-based web publishing sites was low on the priority list for myself and others, but this is" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress The Brute-Force Password Attack on WordPress Sites by Lorelle VanFossen My mother emailed me and asked if WordPress was under attack. With all the news of last week's attack of the Boston Marathon, the attacks on WordPress and other PHP-based web publishing sites was low on the priority list for myself and others, but this is something to take seriously. As we get back to [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | April 22, 2013 at 9:47 pm | Tags: admin, bad behavior, brute force, brute force attack, evil, login, passwords, protect your site, registration, security, servers, site security, spam, web hosting services, web hosts, wordpress brute force attack, WordPress News, wordpress passwords, wordpress security | Categories: Blogging Tips, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, WordPressDotCom | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-2e1 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/the-brute-force-password-attack-on-wordpress-sites/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com