This fairly low tech DDoS can easily take down an under resourced WordPress website, what you will see in your logs is something like: /?s=SwCGbtyTPFbgIy 19:02:40 /?s=rNiwiuFckGegR 19:02:49 /?s=SwCGbtyTPFbgIy 19:02:53 /?s=SwCGbtyTPFbgIy 19:02:56 /?s=SwCGbtyTPFbgIy 19:03:01 /?s=mYwyTaXVqvlW 19:03:12 /?s=SwCGbtyTPFbgIy 19:03:18 /?s=mYwyTaXVqvlW 19:03:22 /?s=rNiwiuFckGegR 19:03:22 /?s=mYwyTaXVqvlW 19:03:32 Sometimes you will see different HTTP User-Agents in each of the […]