The WordPress mailing lists have been rather active discussing it. A couple of hardening tips if you're running WP, or run a host providing it:
http://ma.tt/2013/04/passwords-and-brute-force/ http://codex.wordpress.org/Brute_Force_Attacks On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > FYI. Am I the only person just hearing about this? > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <priv...@vortex.com> > > > Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super > > botnet > > > > http://j.mp/ZRZksL (ars technica) > > > > "The unknown people behind the highly distributed attack are using > > more > > than 90,000 IP addresses to brute-force crack administrative > > credentials of vulnerable WordPress systems, researchers from at least > > three Web hosting services reported. At least one company warned that > > the attackers may be in the process of building a "botnet" of infected > > computers that's vastly stronger and more destructive than those > > available today. That's because the servers have bandwidth connections > > that that are typically tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times > > faster than botnets made of infected machines in homes and small > > businesses." > > > > - - - > > > > Up in the Net! It's a bug! It's a phish! It's SUPER-botnet! > > > > --Lauren-- > > Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: > > http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > > Founder: > > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > > - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org > > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: > > http://www.gctip.org > > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > > Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: > > http://vortex.com/t-lauren > > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > privacy mailing list > > http://lists.vortex.com/mailman/listinfo/privacy > > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land > Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 > 1274 > >
