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What happens if you visit a WordPress site hacked through wp2shell?
July 21, 2026 - Attackers started exploiting the critical wp2shell vulnerability chain within hours of patches being released, putting sites and their visitors at risk.
Under the engineering hood: Why Malwarebytes chose WordPress as its CMS
October 17, 2025 - It might surprise some that a security company would choose WordPress as the backbone of its digital content operations. Here's what we considered when choosing it.
“Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner” WordPress plugin vulnerability: Update now!
May 25, 2023 - WordPress plugins are under fire once more, and you’re advised to update your version of Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner as soon...
WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin
February 16, 2023 - WordPress is an immensely popular content management system (CMS) powering over 43% of all websites. Many webmasters will monetize their sites...
Longest running WordPress malware campaign promotes rogue McAfee affiliate
November 17, 2022 - Many websites owners often ask themselves why criminals are putting malware on their WordPress instance. It doesn’t always make sense, especially when it’s...
WPGateway WordPress plugin vulnerability could allow full site takeover
September 14, 2022 - There’s been a few WordPress plugin vulnerabilities in the wild recently, and today we have another one to add to the...
BackupBuddy WordPress plugin vulnerable to exploitation, update now!
September 13, 2022 - Users of WordPress may need to perform an urgent update related to the popular BackupBuddy plugin. BackupBuddy is a plugin which...
Fake reCAPTCHA forms dupe users via compromised WordPress sites
May 16, 2022 - Researchers at Sucuriinvestigated a number of WordPress websites complaining about unwanted redirects and found websites that use fake CAPTCHA forms to...
Has your WordPress site been backdoored by a skimmer?
December 9, 2021 - Skimmers and other threat actors are backdooring websites, and WordPress instances in particular, according to a recently released report.Researchers at Sucuri...
Fake ransomware warnings hit WordPress sites: How to stay safe
November 17, 2021 - A ransomware warning has appeared out of nowhere and started taking over WordPress sites.The warning, with its black background and red...
