XMLRPC.php attack

Security-protection does not block block XMLRPC.php attacks.

If you need to block XMLRPC.php attack you can try Anti-spam plugin.
It blocks trackback spam. You can read more about it in faq section.

Hi

I already have that plugin installed… however i got an XMLRPC.php brute force attack earlier today which put high load on server… so not sure if that helped?

I beleive this is the attack i was receiving – https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/new-brute-force-attacks-exploiting-xmlrpc-in-wordpress.html