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Malware Known For Attacking WordPress Websites is Now Going After Email
- PC World, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:02 PM
A malicious piece of software that was designed to launch password guessing attacks against websites built with WordPress and Joomla is now being used to attack email and FTP servers. This "Fort Disco" spam was identified by researchers in August after it infected more than 25,000 Windows computers and tried to guess administrator account passwords on more than 6,000 WordPress, Joomla and Datalife Engine websites. Swiss security researcher identified the malware again this week in a number of attacks on POP3, a tool that allows email clients to connect to servers.
