#itself

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

Oct 1, 2026 // 17:40

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 […]

Authorities Turn Sality’s P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

Sep 2, 2026 // 11:35

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated […]

Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself

Aug 5, 2026 // 10:59

An agent running Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 spent 34 hours trying to get a malware dropper merged into a real open-source project during a cyber […]