Website Security News
While working on a recent case, I found something on a WordPress website that is not as common as on Magento environments: A credit card swiper injection. Typically this type of malware targets dedicated ecommerce platforms such as Magento and Prestashop (due to their focus…
Most of us are familiar with Neapolitan ice cream: a flavour whose distinguishing characteristic is not one single flavour but several. Many also know it as the ice cream which…
Here at Sucuri most of the malware that we deal with is on CMS platforms like: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and others. But every now and then we come across…
There’s a term for the practice of scaring potential customers into purchasing products or services they don’t need: FUD; fear, uncertainty, and doubt. This practice is widespread in the computer/IT…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve noticed a JavaScript injection in a number of WordPress databases, and we recently wrote about them in a Sucuri Labs Note. The campaign attempts…
Read More about Reverse Javascript Injection Redirects to Support Scam on WordPress
Over the past year we have seen a rash of credit card swipers in Magento and other ecommerce-based websites. In fact, we have been finding new variants nearly every week….
Ransomware is one of the most insidious types of malware that one can come across. These infections will encrypt all files on the target computer as well as any hard…
We frequently clean blacklisted websites and submit reconsideration requests to have them de-listed. We have encountered many kinds of blacklist warnings including search engines, anti-virus programs, firewalls and and e-mail spam….
Recently I had the good fortune of being able to present at Wordcamp Vancouver 2015. My presentation was titled ‘Why Security Matters‘ and I mentioned website backups several times. One…
Here at Sucuri we see countless cases of SEO spam where a website is compromised in order to spread pharmaceutical advertisements or backlinks to sites selling luxury goods. Most of…
Read More about Bogus Mobile-Shortcuts WordPress Plugin Injects SEO Spam
When a website has been defaced, it is often the most visual and obvious hack that a website can suffer from. They also come parceled with their own exquisite sense…
