Yesterday, as part of an odd series of stories about a malware campaign claimed to be connected to WordPress, the news outlet Make Use Of, which is included in Google News, ran a story titled “How to Defend Yourself Against the Latest WordPress Malware Attack.” It was an odd title since the original source of the claims about this has admitted they don’t know how the malware is getting on the websites. The story started this way:
As one of the most popular website builders in the world, WordPress has yet again become a target for malware. Though security researchers are still trying to work out how certain sites became infected, there are ways to check if your WordPress site is one of the victims, and to defend against any imminent attacks. [Read more]