In an increasingly digital world, cyber security is more important than ever before. In the past few days, news such as Apple suing a spyware and Israel banning the same software have become more and more common. Cybersecurity researchers have now discovered that attackers are targeting WordPress websites.
According to the data obtained by the researchers, 25% of cyber attacks use Amazon Cloud Services (AWS) as a tool. It was determined that 5 thousand of the 77 thousand IP addresses that were found to be trying to log in suspiciously in WordPress installations were connected to the internet service called ‘Amazon EC2’ for short. Ram Gall, a cybersecurity expert at Wordfence, states that IP addresses used by cyber attackers have been engaging in suspicious behavior since only last week. Gall states that AWS facilitates the transition of companies to the cloud, but at the same time, such cloud services are chosen as targets in cyber attacks.
More than 1 million suspicious entries were detected in the last 10 days:
Gall makes an interesting assumption from the emerging information. Stating that 40 IP addresses have tried to enter more than 1 million suspicious logins since November 17, Gall claims that cyber attackers may have accessed these IP addresses in exchange for money. Stating that cyber attacks are becoming easier and more common, Gall says that websites should take action to prevent such incidents.
In addition, Gall also provides advice for users. He states that we should use different passwords for each website and service you are a member of and take advantage of the ‘two-factor authentication’ feature. In this way, even if cyber attackers capture your password, the security of websites is not threatened.
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