WordPress Woes: The Rise of Russian Malware Masquerading as Security Plugins
Malicious plugins are crashing the WordPress party, posing as security helpers, but they’re really just gatecrashers with a flair for remote code execution and ad spamming. This WP-antymalwary-bot.php is no friendly security guard; it’s a sneaky malware maestro, masterfully hiding from admins while wreaking havoc with Russian flair.
Hot Take:
WordPress plugins are like choosing a new roommate. They might seem helpful and harmless at first, but if you’re not careful, they could eat all your food, throw wild parties, and invite their dodgy hacker friends over for remote-controlled chaos. Always vet your plugins, or you might find yourself living with a malware menace in disguise.
Key Points:
- New malware campaign disguises itself as a WordPress security plugin.
- The malware maintains access, hides from admins, and can execute remote code.
- Variants of the malware are spreading, using names like addons.php and wpconsole.php.
- Russian language indicators suggest a potential Russian-speaking origin.
- Additional attacks include malicious AdSense injections and deceptive CAPTCHA verifications.
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