Title: xml – rpc pingback attack any help !! Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # xml – rpc pingback attack any help !! * [furat2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/furat2012/) * (@furat2012) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-rpc-pingback-attack-any-help/) * hello i am using seo yoast my server load is about 40 of 1 cpu which is supposed to be 0.7 in normal load host admin told me it is xml – rpc attack pingback i am using pings by the way any help please ?? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [coralseait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coralseait/) * (@coralseait) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-rpc-pingback-attack-any-help/#post-5183015) * We use iThemes security for xml-rpc attack protection with good results. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘xml – rpc pingback attack any help !!’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3419908) * [Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/reviews/) ## Tags * [attack](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/attack/) * [pingback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pingback/) * [xml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [coralseait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coralseait/) * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-rpc-pingback-attack-any-help/#post-5183015) * Status: not resolved