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Protect WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks
How to protect your WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks, because the WordPress XML-RPC API has been under attack for many years now.
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Joomla websites abused as open proxy for Denial-of-Service attacks
Joomla websites with the vulnerable Googlemaps plugin are abused as open proxy for DoS attacks. Here is how to block plugin_googlemap2_proxy.php.
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Increase in SQL injection attacks
Summer vacation's over? In August 2014 I noticed a huge increase in SQL injection attacks on various websites. These are their characteristics.
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MySQL sleep() attacks
How not validating PHP user input leads to MySQL sleep() injection attacks that hang your database server, and how to fix and clean it up.
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Mod_evasive on IIS
Website DDoS protection with mod_evasive on Windows Server IIS, using Helicon Ape: how to configure it, exclude websites, and where it falls short.