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Infosec · bleepingcomputer.com · Tuesday, 2 June 2026

WordPress malware hijacks Steam comments to hide C2 payloads

Researchers at GoDaddy uncovered a campaign that infected about 2,000 WordPress sites, using hidden Unicode characters in Steam Community profile comments to embed command‑and‑control data. The encoded payload fetches malicious JavaScript from a stealthy domain and opens a backdoor that executes PHP code via specially crafted POST requests.

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