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Home > Cybersecurity > Attackers sending out login attempts to WordPress from AWS instances

Attackers sending out login attempts to WordPress from AWS instances

Security researchers stated that they have discovered thousands of AWS EC2 instances sending out malicious login attempts.

Erdem Yasar by Erdem Yasar
November 30, 2021
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The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team announced that they had noticed a significant increase in malicious login attempts targeting WordPress sites in their networks. The team announced that the attack was started on 17 November, and the number of login page attacks has doubled since it has begun.

Originating from AWS EC2 instances

Since WordPress is by far the most popular platform on the internet, it also attracts the attention of hackers. But this time, it is struggling with cyberattacks. Over a quarter of malicious login attempts originate from AWS EC2 instances.

The malicious login attempts were originated from approximately 5,000 EC2 instances

According to the announcement, over 77,000 IP addresses sent these login attempts and the majority of these attacks were originated from approximately 5,000 EC2 instances. The Wordfence team announced these IP addresses and blacklisted them to protect users.

Wordfence stated that attackers are taking advantage of AWS’ easy scalability for cloud services. These IP addresses are no longer sending out login attempts; thus, Wordfence decided to remove them from its blocklist. The Wordfence team said,

« Many site owners still reuse the same password in multiple locations, and data breaches, such as the recent GoDaddy breach, are frequently a source of compromised passwords. These compromised passwords are used by attackers to attempt to login to even more sites and services. Using this technique, attackers may guess your login correctly on the first try. We also recommend that everyone use 2-factor authentication wherever possible, as it is an incredibly effective way of protecting your site even if an attacker has your password. »

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Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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  1. Andrzej Klasen says:
    7 months ago

    If you have Wordfence (Free) and want to prevent logins, try this:
    Wordfence: Blocking
    Block Type: Custom Pattern
    Hostname: *.compute.amazonaws.com
    and add Block Reason: whatever

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    • Atalay Kelestemur says:
      6 months ago

      Thank you for sharing this information Andrzej! 🙂

      Reply

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