WordPress security firm Defiant has discovered a security threat in the form of a backdoor malware posing as a genuine plugin. It hides its presence and avoids detection by presenting itself as a caching plugin. Once installed, the malware provides attackers with a range of functions and gives them remote access to control and monetise the victim website.

GOLD SALEM Compromise Networks and Bypass Security Solutions to Deploy Warlock Ransomware
The cyberthreat landscape has witnessed the emergence of another sophisticated ransomware operation as GOLD SALEM, a new threat actor group also known as Warlock Group,