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Mass WordPress Brute Force Attacks? – Myth or Reality

Apr

2013

We are seeing in the media some noise about a large distributed brute force attacks against all hosts targeting WordPress sites. According to reports, they are seeing a large botnet with more than 90,000 servers attempting to log in by cycling different usernames and passwords against the WordPress access points: /wp-login.php and /wp-admin.This got us […]

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February 2013 virus activity review from Doctor Web

Mar

2013

IT security experts will remember February 2013 for the large number of Trojan.Hosts infections and for copious incidents of websites being compromised to spread viruses. February also saw the discovery of a Trojan that attacks Linux servers. And, online fraudsters were active on dating sites, searching for victims. Viruses According to statistics gathered by Dr.Web […]

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Bicololo virus spreading via webserver errors

Feb

2013

In October we wrote on our blog about a spreading Russian Trojan horse named the Bicololo. Since that time, the malware has continued to evolve and spread even further. Nowadays avast! saves several thousand PCs every day from its infection.Short characterizationThe Bicololo is characterized by its unique attack vector, which remains unchanged. It’s primary objective […]

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