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August 23, 2011, 10:16AM

WordPress Malware Spreading Through Infected Modules

In this video Chris Astacio of Websense describes a malware attack that's spreading through an infected module found in many Wordpress themes named TimThumb.php. By taking advantage of the vulnerability, attackers can remotely access sites running the platform and insert malicious HTML to direct users to their attack sites.

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Submitted by Daniel Wolf (not verified) on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 1:57pm.

I do not see the utility of putting this information in a video. I'm at work and prefer text.

Submitted by Wayde Thomas (not verified) on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:32am.

This information should be in a text article, not a video.

 

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