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Application SecurityWordPress Bug 'Patch' Installs Backdoor for Full Site TakeoverWordPress Bug 'Patch' Installs Backdoor for Full Site Takeover
A faux security alert purports to provide a fix for an RCE flaw, but instead creates a user with admin privileges and spreads a backdoor to infected sites.
byChuck Brooks, President, Brooks Consulting International; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
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