Threats · InfosecFeed Brief

Scans for Wordfence Protected Websites, (Tue, Sep 29th)

Threats

What you need to know

Starting yesterday, our sensors picked up a small number of scans for "wordfence-waf.php". This particular script is used by Wordfence, a solution to protect WordPress sites. During the Wordfence install, the wordpress-waf.php file will be created in the site's root directory [1].

Source transparency

This is an InfosecFeed curated brief based on reporting from SANS Internet Storm Center. InfosecFeed does not claim ownership of the original reporting.

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