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How to: Protect WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks

2 June 2017
/ WordPress Security
/ By Jan Reilink

The WordPress XML-RPC API has been under attack for many years now. Back in August 2014, WordPress released version 3.9.2, fixing a possible denial of service issue in PHP’s XML processing. There are brute-force amplification attacks, reported by Sucuri, and so on. So, how do you protect WordPress from xmlrpc.php attacks, but still being able to use (some of) its functionality like Jetpack? This post […]

Huge increase in WordPress xmlrpc.php POST requests

7 July 2014
/ WordPress Security
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 9 COMMENTS

WordPress xmlprc.php DDoS and brute-force attacks. How to identify, block, mitigate and leverage these xmlrpc.php scans, brute-force, and user enumeration attacks on WordPress sites… Secure WordPress xmlprc.php interface and reduce service disruption.

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