ShadowCaptcha is a new campaign exploiting vulnerable WordPress sites to spread ransomware, info-stealers, and crypto miners. By luring victims with fake CAPTCHA pages, it combines technical exploits with social engineering to bypass defenses and cause severe damage.

Cybercrime is shifting from noisy botnets to stealthy, profit-driven campaigns exploiting internet-facing services (e.g., GeoServer, Redis) and IoT devices. Advanced threats like PolarEdge’s ORB botnets and Gayfemboy malware focus on persistence, covert operations, and monetization (cryptojacking, DDoS). Organizations must adopt proactive patching, anomaly detection, segmentation, and stronger security awareness to stay resilient.