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Ben Martin

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Ben Martin is a security analyst and researcher who joined the company in 2013. Ben's main responsibilities include finding new undetected malware, identifying trends in the website security world, and, of course, cleaning websites. His professional experience covers more than a decade of working with infected websites of every variety with a special focus on eCommerce / credit card theft malware. When Ben isn't slaying malware you might find him producing music, gardening, or skateboarding around Victoria.
New Malware Variants Serve Bogus CloudFlare DDoS Captcha
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

New Malware Variants Serve Bogus CloudFlare DDoS Captcha

  • Ben Martin
  • September 27, 2022
When attackers shift up their campaigns, change their payload or exfiltration domains, and put some extra effort into hiding their malware it’s usually a telltale…
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Magento Supply Chain Attack Targets Extension Developer FishPig
  • Magento Security
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security

Magento Supply Chain Attack Targets Extension Developer FishPig

  • Ben Martin
  • September 15, 2022
Magento store owners using the popular FishPig extensions should be wary of a recent supply chain attack which compromised their software repository. FishPig released a…
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  • Ecommerce Security
  • Security Education
  • Website Malware Infections
  • WordPress Security

Examining Less-Common WordPress Credit Card Skimmers

  • Ben Martin
  • August 23, 2022
Since 2020 considerable attention has been spent analysing the emergence of MageCart malware within WordPress environments which most commonly affects sites using WooCommerce. As demonstrated…
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Fake DDoS Pages on WordPress Sites Lead to Drive-By-Downloads
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

Fake DDoS Pages On WordPress Sites Lead to Malicious Downloads

  • Ben Martin
  • August 18, 2022
It’s not uncommon for users to experience “DDoS Protection” pages when casually browsing the web. These DDoS protection pages are typically associated with browser checks…
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WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Uses Telegram Bot to Exfiltrate Stolen Data
  • Ecommerce Security
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security

WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Uses Telegram Bot to Exfiltrate Stolen Data

  • Ben Martin
  • June 16, 2022
Our story starts like many others told on this blog: A new client came to us with reported cases of credit card theft on their…
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  • Ecommerce Security
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

Smilodon Credit Card Skimming Malware Shifts to WordPress

  • Ben Martin
  • June 9, 2022
WordPress’ massive market share has come with an unsurprising side effect: As more and more site admins turn to popular plugins like WooCommerce to turn…
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  • Security Education
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security

Top Ten Most Cumbersome Website Infections to Remove in 2021

  • Ben Martin
  • May 26, 2022
In today’s post we’re going to be going over the top ten most cumbersome website infections to remove, based on the sheer number of files…
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  • Security Education
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security

Examining Emerging Malware: Website Backdoors

  • Ben Martin
  • May 10, 2022
Next up in our “This didn’t quite make it into the 2021 Threat Report, but is still really cool” series: New and emerging backdoor variants…
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  • Sucuri
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  • WordPress Security

Hacked Website Threat Report 2021

  • Ben Martin
  • April 28, 2022
Our 2021 Website Threat Research Report details our findings and analysis of emerging and ongoing trends and threats in the website security landscape. We’ve put…
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  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

The Case for 2FA by Default for WordPress

  • Ben Martin
  • April 8, 2022
Administrator panel compromises are one of the most common attacks that everyday WordPress website admins face. We work with thousands of clients who have encountered…
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WordPress Overtakes Magento in Credit Card Skimmers

  • Ben Martin
  • April 4, 2022
One of the most important monitoring tools in our security platform is our Sucuri SiteCheck scanner. It’s a free tool to scan your website for…
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