I read that there were a ton of WordPress sites that got hit with Russian Malware. Over 100,000 to be exact. It’s so awful that Google has even had to block 11,000 domains. What a clusterfuck.
Google has already blocked 11,000 domains to try to curb the damage. According to security firm Sucuri, the malware uses a vulnerability in a slideshow plug-in called Slider Revolution. The Slider Revolution team have fixed it with updates. The problem is that the old,vulnerable version of the plug-in is still bundled with WordPress themes, so lots of sites are still using the wrong version.
Good thing I haven’t used a slider here. Although I’ve contemplated it but I’m not sure if it would even fit how I (barely) run this place.