An Empricial Study of Brute Force Attack on Wordpress Website

This paper demonstrates the brute force attack on WordPress web site and proposes the counter solution for the same. It gives step by step procedure for launching of brute force attack to enumerate the usernames and passwords of the users on the control panel of WordPress web site. This paper is mot...

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Published in2023 5th International Conference on Smart Systems and Inventive Technology (ICSSIT) pp. 659 - 662
Main Authors Shah, Pritam Gajkumar, Ayoade, John
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 23.01.2023
Subjects
Australia
Authentication
Brute force attack
Computer hacking
Force
Kali Linux
Passwords
Security
Web sites
WordPress security scanner etc
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Summary:This paper demonstrates the brute force attack on WordPress web site and proposes the counter solution for the same. It gives step by step procedure for launching of brute force attack to enumerate the usernames and passwords of the users on the control panel of WordPress web site. This paper is motivated by the recent attack on Optus Australia by hackers and throws light on the modus of operandi of hackers. The paper also proposes few counter measures to avoid this attack.
ISSN:2832-3017
DOI:10.1109/ICSSIT55814.2023.10060966