Trojan.WPCracker.1

Posted: August 15, 2013

Threat Metric

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Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	265

First Seen:	August 15, 2013
Last Seen:	June 5, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.WPCracker.1 is a backdoor Trojan that allows criminals to have unauthorized access to your PC – in Trojan.WPCracker.1's case, for the purpose of using its resources to hack blogging sites. The main purpose of these attacks appears to be to distribute additional malware through the affected blog sites, although Trojan.WPCracker.1 also is capable of stealing confidential information and transferring it to criminals. Notably, since Trojan.WPCracker.1 uses a generalized 'brute force' means of hacking a blog, Trojan.WPCracker.1 doesn't need to gain access to your personal PC to hack your website, and an infected PC may not show any symptoms of its Trojan.WPCracker.1 infection. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest using anti-malware products combined with strong password security for protection against Trojan.WPCracker.1, including removing Trojan.WPCracker.1 from any computer that Trojan.WPCracker.1 infects.

When Your Next Blog Post Has Trojan.WPCracker.1 Fingerprints All Over It

Trojan.WPCracker.1 is a backdoor Trojan with a standard methodology for achieving a rather specialized payload. After infecting PCs through drive-by-downloads, spam and similar infection vectors, Trojan.WPCracker.1 establishes a backdoor connection with a Command & Control server. Most other Trojans would use this connection to install other malware or transfer your personal information, but Trojan.WPCracker.1 has a different goal: compromising blogging sites (and other websites that use similarly-popular content management systems). The C&C server sends Trojan.WPCracker.1 a list of sites to hack, which Trojan.WPCracker.1 accomplishes through a brute-force attack that attempts to 'guess' the relevant password. As would be expected, brute force attacks are historically poor against appropriately-secure passwords, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers warn that they easily can crack very simple or short passwords.

When Trojan.WPCracker.1 gains access to the website being targeted (which isn't necessarily related to the site that its infecting to launch its attacks), Trojan.WPCracker.1 may delete or insert content, with the most likely additions including drive-by-download attacks that could automatically infect the vulnerable PCs of the website's visitors. Joomla and WordPress websites are especially vulnerable to being targeted by Trojan.WPCracker.1, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also remind readers that WordPress has been a very common target in the past (as seen with the Phoenix Exploit Kit, Mal/Badsrc-C and variants of the Cridex Trojan).

Keeping Your Site and Your System Safe from Trojan.WPCracker.1's Cracking Efforts

Just as Trojan.WPCracker.1 compromises both PCs and separate websites, website owners and PC users must take separate security measures against Trojan.WPCracker.1's assaults. With respect to website owners, SpywareRemove.com malware experts stress the usefulness of strong password protection and updated content systems (to reduce the presence of any easily-exploited vulnerabilities). For PC users who feel themselves at risk of Trojan.WPCracker.1 attacks, anti-malware software is reliable for finding or removing Trojan.WPCracker.1.

There are no major symptoms of a Trojan.WPCracker.1 infection on the PC user's end. However, website bloggers will, of course, notice the unusual additions to their site's content and should respond ASAP to prevent any potential infections from spreading to their site's daily traffic.

Trojan.WPCracker.1

Threat Metric

When Your Next Blog Post Has Trojan.WPCracker.1 Fingerprints All Over It

Keeping Your Site and Your System Safe from Trojan.WPCracker.1's Cracking Efforts

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