New Malware Attack on WordPress Plugins Targeting 60 Million Websites
Researchers discovered an ongoing malvertising campaign targeting millions of WordPress websites to infect with backdoor and exploiting the various WordPress plugins vulnerabilities . According to WordPress , there are nearly 60 million Websites power by WordPress content management system and hundreds of WordPress Plugins are installed that developers by various developers around the globe. Cybercriminals launch the payload by exploiting the vulnerabilities that reside in some of the most popular WordPress plugins and injecting malicious scripts in unpatched WordPress website. This new campaign intended to attack millions of WordPress websites to take complete control and redirect visitors to malicious sites where attackers deliver the malware droppers and also add the backdoor. Researchers from Wordfence new investigations revealed that the initial malware attack coming from many IP has linked with a web hosting provider. Short after they uncovere...