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SC WordPress Malware: A Self-Healing Mesh of Loaders, Drop-Ins, and a Blockchain-Controlled Backdoor

Overview During recent website cleanup work, we analyzed a WordPress compromise where the same backdoor kept returning within seconds of every removal, no matter how carefully the visible files were deleted. Throughout this article, we’ll refer to this family of malware as SC, named after the “SC_” markers found in the injected content. What makes SC worth documenting is how it survives. The payload lives in at least eight places at once, spread across files, the database, and shared memory, and every one of those places can rebuild all the others. Continue reading SC WordPress Malware: A Self-Healing Mesh of Loaders, Drop-Ins, and a Blockchain-Controlled Backdoor at Sucuri Blog.

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Oct 01, 2026 00:57 UTC
Last reported
Oct 01, 2026 00:57 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 14, 2026 21:41 UTC
Record ID
61068e082e75dde94fdcfb6b1a8b1a33d5fca66a5789d8f1c89a1602ca902250

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

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Source observations

intelligence_src_459d5bae47bc5c4b5e

Source-provided label
Publisher RSS metadata
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 01, 2026 00:57 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 14, 2026 21:41 UTC

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Feed collection status

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 0 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
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