WordPress Malware Disables Security Plugins to Avoid Detection

Sep 11, 2020

WordPress Malware Disables Security Plugins to Avoid Detection

Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode

Our researcher describes how malware is disabling popular security plugins on compromised WordPress websites to conceal malicious behavior and evade detection.

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