A web application firewall is essential software that protects your website from malicious requests and content, keeping your visitors safe and safeguarding your intellectual property, time, and resources invested in developing your website. This firewall software is installed on the same server as your website, and it can protect against various types of attacks such […]
WordPress administrators take note: According to Microsoft security researcher Ross Bevington, brute-force attackers focus primarily on guessing short passwords to gain entry into protected systems. He found that very few attacks involve access credentials comprised of long passwords, or passwords that use complex character combinations. These conclusions are the result of analysis of data collected […]
According to the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, one of the most frequent types of attacks against WordPress websites in 2020 was the malicious login attempt. This type of attack includes credential stuffing using lists of stolen credentials, dictionary attacks, and traditional brute-force attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of breached username/password pairs in order […]
