Sucuri Malware Research Team
Marc Kranat
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — January 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…
Sucuri WAF Now Supports HTTP/3: A Faster and More Secure Web Experience
Kyle Knight We’re excited to announce that the Sucuri Web Application Firewall (WAF) now supports HTTP/3, the latest version of the HTTP protocol. This upgrade brings significant…
Malware Redirects WordPress Traffic to Harmful Sites
Puja Srivastava Recently, a customer approached us after noticing their website was redirecting visitors to a suspicious URL. They suspected their site had been compromised and sought…
Backdoors: The Hidden Threat Lurking in Your Website
Website backdoors are a silent yet deadly threat to website security. These stealthy mechanisms bypass standard authentication, providing attackers with persistent, unauthorized access to a…
Japanese Spam on a Cleaned WordPress Site: The Hidden Sitemap Problem
While investigating a compromised WordPress site, we discovered a malware infection causing Japanese spam links to appear in Google search results. Although the site had…
Stealthy Credit Card Skimmer Targets WordPress Checkout Pages via Database Injection
Recently, we released an article where a credit card skimmer was targeting checkout pages on a Magento site. Now we’ve come across sophisticated credit card…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — December 2024
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…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — November 2024
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…
Malicious Script Injection on WordPress Sites
Recently, our team discovered a JavaScript-based malware affecting WordPress sites, primarily targeting those using the Hello Elementor theme. This type of malware is commonly embedded…
Credit Card Skimmer Malware Targeting Magento Checkout Pages
Magento websites are a frequent target for cybercriminals due to their widespread usage in eCommerce and the valuable customer data they handle. During a routine…
Simple Include Statement Hides Casino Spam
Kayleigh Martin Just as there are countless types of websites on the internet, there are just as many attackers seeking to exploit them. These attackers develop malicious…