Did you know that many WordPress websites are visited 3000x a day by bots? Where do these bots come from? And what is their purpose?<\/p>\n
The guys at WordFence<\/a> (source in English) see millions of attacks on websites come by, that’s because their security plug-in collects those from thousands of websites to keep the Firewall and protection of WordPress websites optimal.<\/p>\n This month they shared the top 5 countries<\/strong> where the most attacks on WordPress have come from in the past month.<\/p>\n These are currently not the standard countries where most cyber attacks used to come from, which was often China or Russia.<\/p>\n What does this say about the countries themselves? Not necessarily that more cyber criminals live here.<\/p>\n Consider:<\/p>\n Currently, WordFence reports that:<\/p>\n the (hackers, criminals) of the top five countries are all trying to access websites<\/p>\n Once you have access to the websites, a criminal can:<\/p>\n Then, of course, the question: do cybercriminals just manage to not only attack a website but actually gain access to it?<\/p>\n Yes, there is always a percentage of the millions of websites that have a leak at the time an attack is made.<\/p>\n The attacks go on day-and-night, 24\/7. For that reason, to the incessant flow of attacks it is necessary to use and otherwise install a good security plugin in your WordPress website.<\/p>\n This can be the free security plugin from WordFence<\/a>, or the paid premium version offered by WordFence.<\/p>\n\n
The number of cyber-attacks from a particular country depends on several factors<\/h3>\n
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\nAttacks are done via servers, where the most powerful servers are located more can be achieved<\/li>\n
\nGood status is more reach<\/li>\n
\nMore time and need for new (unfortunately illegal) income<\/li>\n
\nA leak in certain software can provide access to many criminals<\/li>\n
\nLike a country where there is war, that is not only fought with weapons these days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWhat is THE PURPOSE of cyber-attacks?<\/h3>\n
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\nThe moment your website contains a leak, a specific payload (script\/set of code) will be unleashed on your website that will allow a cybercriminal to access your website.<\/p>\n