Balada Injector – Massive Ongoing WordPress Malware Infected Over 1 Million Websites

A cyber attack campaign targeting WordPress websites has recently caused significant concern, with experts estimating that up to one million websites may have been compromised.  The campaign has been ongoing, using known vulnerabilities in themes and plugins to insert a malicious Linux backdoor.  While cybersecurity researchers have identified the backdoor as a “Balad Injector.” It […]

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