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Sead Fadilpašić

Steam Community Profiles abused as C2 network in new WordPress malware infection campaign

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  • Malware hides payload in Steam Community comments
  • WordPress sites used to host backdoors
  • Nearly 2,000 sites compromised since July

Security researchers from GoDaddy found a cheeky new malware campaign that used comments made by Steam Community accounts as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure.

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