Thousands of WordPress sites with malware highlight need for comprehensive security

While everyone was worrying about the holiday influx of POS malware, a cybercriminal group quietly exploited a plug-in vulnerability with the mysterious SoakSoak malware and infected at least 100,000 sites utilizing WordPress’s content management system. Researchers with security firm Sucuri discovered the malware campaign in mid-December, noting that it leveraged a flaw within a Slider Revolution plug-in that was…