Illegal search engine optimization (SEO) is the goal of attackers who are freely distributing pirated Joomla, WordPress and Drupal themes and plugins that are packaged with a backdoor being referred to as CryptoPHP. . Last week Fox-It released a whitepaper on CryptoPHP, and in a Wednesday post the security company revealed that most of the command-and-control domains had been sinkholed or taken down. The link for this article located at SC Magazine is no longer available. . Unauthorized themes and plugins containing hidden backdoors pose a significant risk to the safety of online platforms.. CryptoPHP Backdoor, Web Security Threats, Pirated Themes. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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