PSA recently learned a lot about security vulnerabilities of websites…as has the CIA, the NSA, and thousands recently “ransomewared”.
One of our responses was to contract with WordFence, a major WordPress.org security support organization, which installs IRT security applications at one’s site, as well as monitoring the WP.org community as a whole for malware.
They offer many different security services, one of which is simply education about threats ongoing. Here’s a recent post on “What is a Brute Force Attack”.
Just for fun… (not really)… here’s a graphic of attacks they’ve stopped just to our PSA site in the last week. (warning, may be disturbing to view)
This email is a summary of your PSA security related activity that Wordfence monitors for the period June 5, 2017 to June 12, 2017.
Top 10 IPs Blocked
| IP | Country | Block Count |
|---|---|---|
82.223.8.191 |
 ES |
35 |
62.149.169.250 |
 IT |
32 |
94.136.59.250 |
 GB |
31 |
198.204.225.34 |
 US |
9 |
94.54.126.218 |
 TR |
5 |
35.186.148.210 |
US |
4 |
74.208.88.241 |
US |
4 |
5.141.225.207 |
 RU |
4 |
185.81.157.124 |
 FR |
2 |
115.88.236.234 |
 KR |
2 |
Top 10 Countries Blocked
| Country | Total IPs Blocked | Block Count |
|---|---|---|
| ES |
4 | 35 |
| GB |
2 | 32 |
| IT |
1 | 32 |
| US |
6 | 18 |
| TR |
1 | 5 |
| RU |
1 | 4 |
| FR |
2 | 3 |
| KR |
1 | 2 |
 UA |
1 | 1 |