[wp-hackers] Admin Login Brute Force Attacks

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Wed Mar 20 23:21:03 UTC 2013


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> Also: I keep the "admin" account - reduced to the "subscriber" role. It
> makes for a great honeypot.

Totally unnecessary. I have no "admin" account at all on my site. I
get the Limit Login Attempts email 8-12 times a day regardless. All
"admin" attempts.

-Otto


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