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Proposal to try to proactively find

2015-02-12 00:05:08.490008+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Proposal to try to proactively find exploited WordPress installs. I think you can do that by just finding WordPress installs.

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#Comment Re: Proposal to try to proactively find made: 2015-02-12 17:15:39.501869+01 by: Larry Burton

Mostly, yes. I've found that Wordpress installs can be hardened by just getting rid of the username "admin".

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