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Hacked Smart Slider plugin update injecting backdoors into WordPress dashboard
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Smart Slider's Poisoned Update: Hackers Slip Backdoors into 900K WordPress Sites

Imagine trusting an update to safeguard your site—only for it to unleash a horde of backdoors. That's the nightmare hackers delivered via Smart Slider 3 Pro, hitting nearly a million WordPress installs.

5 min read 1 month, 1 week ago

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