Someone is attacking my website
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moneyguru2013
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That is why i do not download nulled themes or plugins from this website or any blackhat websites. A couple of months ago one of my websites was hacked after adding a plugin i downloaded from this forum. It is the perfect way for hackers to infiltrate your website. Fortunately the website hacked wasn't one of my money sites.
Zooker
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Are they trying to login to regular accounts or the admin account?
I agree with the person who said put captcha on regular user account logins. This is a good time to review that everything is locked down from a server and wordpress perspective. There are plenty of good free security plugins that are well-known and are a good first line of defense.
And yea, like that other person said it's like a bot. I doubt it's a person changing ip as much as it's a different computer doing the zombie dance and looking for a way in.
I agree with the person who said put captcha on regular user account logins. This is a good time to review that everything is locked down from a server and wordpress perspective. There are plenty of good free security plugins that are well-known and are a good first line of defense.
And yea, like that other person said it's like a bot. I doubt it's a person changing ip as much as it's a different computer doing the zombie dance and looking for a way in.
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Trying every kind of passwords possible. Starting from A, then B.... then AA..then AB..etc..
On the contrary, a dictionary attack is what you would expect.. an attack using a dictionary of known words/passwords.
t2van
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There are lists and services you can sign up for for a complete black list of IPs if you have access to a firewall THAT might help..
I can check mine which gets update and try and add it here. You can also sign up to Project Honey Pot that can give you a more unto date list of honey pots they have set up to catch spam attacks mainly used for SMTP attacks etc..
I can check mine which gets update and try and add it here. You can also sign up to Project Honey Pot that can give you a more unto date list of honey pots they have set up to catch spam attacks mainly used for SMTP attacks etc..
FDDOWLING
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So they are trying to log on to your site? Utilizing a different series of passwords?
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Exactly. There are scripts for doing this.
FDDOWLING
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Well that’s shitty I’m sorry to hear that, thanks for the info though always nice to learn new things about the online world I’m a hands on guy that got hurt and can’t do hands on work for a while. I’m really trying to learn all I can!
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You are always welcome man. Sharing knowledge is always awesome. That's how everyone of us learn more.
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Counter attack them.
sparkh
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Guys thanks for all the answers.... like i don't want to stop them... I have just one admin account and it has 2FA
I want to know why would someone attack a website that is making 5€ monthly or less
He looks like a noob or what?
He is trying to bruteforce accounts with 0 priviledges....
It would be easy to register because i accept new user automatically with buddypress xD
I want to know why would someone attack a website that is making 5€ monthly or less
He looks like a noob or what?
He is trying to bruteforce accounts with 0 priviledges....
It would be easy to register because i accept new user automatically with buddypress xD
braveofchaos
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domain expired or new? I've seen some crazy things with expired domains, but I believe it's a bot and your site was chosen.
see if this can help you: https://bitninja.io/
HustleTong
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Spam him back, eh?Well, defend. When you have the power, launch a counter-attack.