At Sucuri, our security researchers continually monitor for new malware variants and infection techniques targeting WordPress websites. Recently, we’ve uncovered multiple cases where threat actors are leveraging the mu-plugins directory to hide malicious code. This approach represents a concerning trend, as the mu-plugins (Must-Use plugins) are not listed in the standard WordPress plugin interface, making […]

Today’s blog post will be a follow up to a previous article we posted a few weeks ago: We continue to see new variants of this malware campaign emerge. WordPress websites continue to be used as staging grounds to trick website visitors into running malicious powershell commands on their Windows computers in order to infect […]

The battle against e-commerce malware continues to intensify, with attackers deploying increasingly sophisticated tactics. In a recent case at Sucuri, a customer reported suspicious files and unexpected behavior on their WordPress site. Upon deeper analysis, we discovered a complicated infection involving multiple components: a credit card skimmer, a hidden backdoor file manager, and a malicious […]