Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites

Dozens of plug-ins for the widely used open source web blogging software WordPress are now offline after a backdoor was discovered in them, used to push malicious code to any website that relied on the plug-ins. The backdoor was discovered after a new corporate owner bought these plug-ins.

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/someone-planted-backdoors-in-dozens-of-wordpress-plugins-used-in-thousands-of-websites/

Malicious Chrome Extensions Infiltrate Web Store, Compromise User Data

Malicious Chrome extensions, masquerading as harmless tools, have infiltrated the official Web Store, putting millions of users' data at risk by stealing sensitive tokens, planting backdoors, and running ad fraud. Over 100 of these rogue add-ons have been identified, highlighting a growing threat in a marketplace we…

https://osintsights.com/malicious-chrome-extensions-infiltrate-web-store-compromise-user-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Fake Zoom, Teams Meeting Invites use Compromised Certificates to Drop Malware.

A new wave of phishing attacks is hitting office workers where they feel safest- their daily meeting invites. Instead of using obvious malware, threat actors are now using stolen digital certificates to trick computers into trusting malicious files.

⁉️According to researchers from the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team, these attacks involve highly convincing fake updates for apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Adobe Reader.⁉️

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/03/signed-malware-impersonating-workplace-apps-deploys-rmm-backdoors/

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Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/contagious-interview-malware-delivered-through-fake-developer-job-interviews/

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The Quietest Cyber Catastrophe of 2025

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