WordPress Admin Creator – A Simple, But Effective Attack

Malicious admin users get added to vulnerable WordPress sites often. This can happen in a variety of different ways, and sometimes the malware that creates these malicious users can hide in plain sight. Injecting a malicious admin user into a WordPress site can allow attackers easy access back into a victims’ website after it has been cleaned.

Symptoms of Infection

Recently, one of our clients requested our assistance with their website because it had been added to Google’s Blocklist.

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