Nearly 15,000 infected websites cleaned in SocGholish crackdown

We’re always happy to end the week with some positive news. A law enforcement action called Operation Endgame just delivered a major win against the long‑running SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) operation. SocGholish is a malware framework that has been active since at least 2017 and is best known for abusing hacked, legitimate WordPress sites to push fake browser and software updates to visitors.