Patching the Internet in Realtime: Fixing the Current WordPress Brute Force Attack
Apr 11, 2013Matthew Prince
Summary
This post details the real-time deployment of a WAF rule to detect and block a specific WordPress brute-force attack targeting administrative portals. It highlights Cloudflare's ability to 'patch the Internet in realtime' by automatically rolling out this fix to all customers, including free tier users, demonstrating a rapid response mechanism for emerging security threats.
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