Brute Force Attack on WordPress Login
Detect brute force attacks targeting WordPress login pages.
Log Signature Detected: If you're seeing "POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 401..." in your logs, your server may be under a Brute Force Attack attack.
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What Is a Brute Force Attack?
Security analysts and DevOps teams monitoring infrastructure like Nginx, Apache HTTP Server, Node.js, AWS, and WordPress must be able to quickly identify and triage these malicious log patterns to prevent data breaches.
Brute force attacks attempt multiple login combinations.
These attacks appear as repeated login attempts in logs.
How to Defend Against This Threat
Enable login rate limiting.
Use CAPTCHA.
Restrict login attempts.
Use strong passwords.
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