Ars Technica

Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets

Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said. The vulnerability ...
Bleeping Computer

Zerodium triples WordPress remote code execution exploit payout

Zerodium has announced today an increased interest in exploits for the WordPress content management system that achieve remote code execution. The exploit acquisition platform is now enticing exploit ...
Threat Post

Exploits for Social Warfare WordPress Plugin Reach Critical Mass

More and more attacks taking advantage of a XSS and RCE bug in the popular plugin have cropped up in the wild. Active exploits for a recently disclosed bug in a popular WordPress plugin, Social ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw to infect 3,300 sites with malware

Hackers are breaching WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin, infecting over 3,300 websites with malicious code. The flaw leveraged in the ...
Ars Technica

Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands

Thousands of sites running WordPress remain unpatched against a critical security flaw in a widely used plugin that was being actively exploited in attacks that allow for unauthenticated execution of ...
Dark Reading

Attackers Exploit Zero-Day WordPress Plug-in Vulnerability in BackupBuddy

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in BackupBuddy, a WordPress plug-in that an estimated 140,000 websites are using to back up their installations. The vulnerability allows ...
Threat Post

SoakSoak Botnet Pushing Neutrino Exploit Kit and CryptXXX Ransomware

Research spot SoakSoak botnets spreading the Neutrino Exploit Kit that in turn infect the unsuspecting with the CryptXXX ransomware. Researchers are reporting a surge in CryptXXX ransomware infections ...
The Next Web

Researchers warn of bulk WordPress and Joomla exploit tool serving fake antivirus malware to users

WordPress and Joomla exploits have existed for years, and cybercriminals have thus been exploiting them for a long time. Yet the situation may have gotten slightly more serious as of late, as there ...