Ben Martin
Sucuri Malware Research Team
Maninder Toor
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — May 2025
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes…
What Motivates Website Malware Attacks?
The depiction in the media of hackers tends to be that of balaclava-wearing villains who type furiously in a dark basement, motivated by nothing but…
Fake Java Update Popup Found in Malicious WordPress Plugin
Puja Srivastava We recently assisted a customer who reported a persistent and concerning “Java Update” pop-up appearing on their WordPress website. This type of deceptive notification is…
Fake Google Meet Page Tricks Users into Running PowerShell Malware
Last month, a customer reached out to us after noticing suspicious URLs on their WordPress site. Visitors reported being prompted to perform unusual actions. We…
Another Fake Cloudflare Verification Targets WordPress Sites
Kayleigh Martin A new Cloudflare infection has once again been targeting WordPress sites. This new iteration of malware mimics a legitimate-looking Cloudflare verification page, which then tricks…
90 Days to Shine: Why Sucuri’s SSL Certificates Are Living the Short Life (and Why That’s Awesome)
Marc Kranat Picture this: your SSL certificate is like a carton of milk in your fridge. Sure, it’s good for a while, but let it sit too…
Understanding CSRF: Cross-site Request Forgery Explained
Kyle Knight Cross-Site Request Forgery, often called CSRF (or its other nicknames, Session Riding and XSRF), is a tricky type of attack. In short, it lets attackers…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — April 2025
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes…
MTR For Website Troubleshooting
Justin Daniel Let’s set the scene: You go to visit a website and you get a “connection timed out” error. Is this a browser, internet, firewall, or…
Fake GIF Leveraged in Multi-Stage Reverse-Proxy Card Skimming Attack
In today’s post we’re going to review a sophisticated, multi-stage carding attack on a Magento eCommerce website. This malware leveraged a fake gif image file,…
Easy Guide to Saving HAR Files and Console Logs for Troubleshooting
When something goes wrong with a website – whether it is a broken design, slow performance, shows an error message or something else, it is…