Google disables 39,000 WordPress sites for malware

Google has already put more than 39,000 Wordpress websites on a blacklist because they are infected with malware. Attackers use a leak in the WordPress Slider Revolution Premium plug-in attempts to infect to get access to the sites and then add malicious code that visitors with malware. The leak in the plug-in has long been known, and a patch is available. Many sites that have not been installed.

According to security firm Sucuri involves three different campaigns where the SoakSoak campaign is responsible for most infections. According to Google, the malware of this website to over 17,000 detected domains. Through the wpcache blogger campaign are spacious 12,000 sites have come to the blacklist of the search giant. Finally, there is an IP address that the attackers and code to 8500 was found websites.

Once Internet users to visit these Web sites via eg Google Chrome or Firefox they'll see a warning. Sucuri Commission on the basis of own research that more than 50,000 websites have been infected, but they have not all been indexed by Google.

Affected websites are advised to do a "complete cleaning" of the website, since installing WordPress alone is not enough again. The attackers would in fact leave too many backdoors. Additionally WordPress administrators are urged to update their plugins. With over 74 million websites WordPress is the most popular online content management system.

'SoakSoak' Malware Infected 100,000+ Wordpress Websites

At over 100,000+ WordPress sites researchers have found malicious code that attempts to infect visitors with malware. The code is loaded from the Russian domain SoakSoak. Google would now more than 11,000 infected websites have put on a blacklist.

Visitors who use Firefox or Chrome receive when visiting these WordPress sites a warning that the site contains malware. According to security firm Sucuri is the number of affected sites much larger and would amount to more than 100,000 WordPress installations. Also on the forum WordPress complain many users SoakSoak on their website.

How the attackers managed to get the malicious code on the WordPress sites is still unknown, but it is suspected that the sites a vulnerable version of the WordPress Slider Revolution use premium plugin. By September WordPress sites with a vulnerable version of the plug-in even though the target of attacks.