CrytoPHP Backdoored Thousands of Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal Websites | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Security researchers have released a report examining a social engineering operation designed to trick admins into installing backdoor malware called CrytoPHP by way of of tainted CMS plugins and themes for WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

The attackers lure targets into publishing the pirated themes and plugins by providing them for free, offerings that usually incur a fee for use.

“After being installed on a webserver the backdoor has several options of being controlled which include command and control server communication, mail communication as well as manual control,” the researchers revealed.