WordPress Backdoor Rebuilds Itself After Cleanup Using Files, Database, and Shared Memory

October 1, 2026 · 2:37 pm 1 sources

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• WordPress Backdoor Rebuilds Itself After Cleanup Using Files, Database, and Shared Memory
  The Hacker News · October 1, 2026 14:37
  Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a WordPress compromise in which threat actors deployed multiple persistence mechanisms to ensure that the final payload kept returning without having to infect the site again. The backdoor has been codenamed SC after the "SC_" markers present in the…