Come riconoscere SocGholish fake update scam disrupted: nearly 15000 hacked WordPress sites cleaned?

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Operation Endgame dismantled the SocGholish (FakeUpdates) framework, which hijacked ~15,000 legitimate WordPress sites to serve convincing fake browser and software update prompts to everyday visitors. Anyone browsing trusted local...

Come funziona

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A pop up urging you to "update Chrome / Flash / your browser" while browsing a normal business site
Being redirected to an unfamiliar download page after clicking a link on a trusted site
The update is an .exe or .msi file, not delivered through your normal browser/OS updater. What to do
Never install updates prompted by a website. Update Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and OS only via their built in updaters or official vendor pages
Enable automatic updates for your browser, OS, and plugins; uninstall obsolete components like Flash or Java

Cosa fare

1Never install updates prompted by a website.

Fonte

malwarebytes

Fonte verificata da Mythos Forensic Team

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/06/nearly-15000-infected-websites-cleaned-in-socgholish-crackdown

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A pop up urging you to "update Chrome / Flash / your browser" while browsing a normal business site; Being redirected to an unfamiliar download page after clicking a link on a trusted site; The update is an .exe or .msi file, not delivered through your normal browser/OS updater. What to do

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Never install updates prompted by a website.

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