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I set a WordPress honeypot for brute force attacks – here’s what I learned

  • 17 February 2019
  • Security

For the last month I set a honeypot to log unauthorised WordPress login attempts. A “honeypot” is a security method which can be used to catch wrong-doers and learn more about their activities. For each login attempt the honeypot recorded: the IP address the username the password the date and […]

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