[wp-forums] Answer to why WordFence got so many plugin reviews rcently

[Drew]

Got the same message sent to our meetup group a little while ago. And I've
definitely been seeing a heavy influx of firewall notifications today, so
it isn't inaccurate. But definitely a little spammy :/


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Ipstenu the Half-Elf
<ipstenu at halfelf.org>wrote:

> Jan noticed this earlier: http:// pic.twitter.com/Q4DquiYNRT
>
> Now I know why! They sent this email (and yes, it linked every single time
> to the review page):
>
> Dear WordPress Publisher,
>
> If you would like to stop receiving WordPress security alerts and product
> updates from Wordfence, you can click here.  You subscribed to this list
> via the Wordfence security plugin for WordPress.  If you find this alert
> helpful, please give us a 5 star rating on WordPress.org.
>
> As of 11am eastern time this morning we are monitoring the largest
> distributed brute force attack on WordPress installations that we've seen
> to date. The real-time attack map on www.wordfence.com became so busy
> that we've had to throttle the amount of traffic we show down to 4% of
> actual traffic.
>
> A brute force attack is when an attacker tries many times to guess your
> username password combination by repeatedly sending login attempts. A
> distributed brute force attack is when an attacker uses a large number of
> machines spread around the internet to do this in order to circumvent any
> blocking mechanisms you have in place.
>
> If you're using the free or paid version of Wordfence you should have the
> option to "Participate in the real-time Wordfence security network" under
> 'Other options' enabled. This will immediately block any attack originating
> from an IP address that has attacked other WordPress sites using Wordfence.
> This is an effective defense against this kind of attack.
>
> We recommend that until this passes you monitor your WordPress websites
> closely for unusual activity including logins, account creation or changes
> to the public facing website.
>
> If you found this alert helpful, please give us a 5 star rating on
> WordPress.org on the right of the page.
>
> Mark Maunder
> Wordfence Creator & Feedjit Inc. CEO.
>
> PS: If you aren't already a member you can subscribe to our WordPress
> Security and Product Updates mailing list here. You're welcome to republish
> this email in part or in full provided you mention that the source
> iswww.wordfence.com. If you would like to get Wordfence for your
> WordPress website, simply go to your "Plugin" menu, click "add new" and
> search for "wordfence".
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