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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.
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

WordPress Popunder Malware Redirects to Scam Sites

  • Ben Martin
  • April 1, 2022
Over the last year we’ve seen an ongoing malware infection which redirects website visitors to scam sites. So far this year our monitoring has detected…
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  • Web Pros
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security

New Wave of AnonymousFox Cron Jobs

  • Ben Martin
  • March 30, 2022
Recently our Remediation and Research teams have noticed a new wave of malicious cron jobs associated with the notorious AnonymousFox malware. The cron jobs are…
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  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

The Mystery Admin User

  • Ben Martin
  • March 25, 2022
One of our clients recently submitted a malware removal request with a curious problem: A mystery admin user kept getting re-created on their website. Try…
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  • Security Education
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

Website Malware Guide: How to Fix the WordPress Redirect Hack

  • Ben Martin
  • February 22, 2022
If you’ve recently discovered that your WordPress site is redirecting other sites or unwanted ads, then your website may have been hacked. The WordPress redirect…
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  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

Attackers Abuse Poorly Regulated Top-Level Domains in Ongoing Redirect Campaign

  • Ben Martin
  • February 18, 2022
One of the more common infections that we see are site-wide redirects to spam and scam sites, achieved by attackers exploiting newly found vulnerabilities in…
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  • Ecommerce Security
  • Magento Security
  • Security Advisory
  • Vulnerability Disclosure
  • Website Security

Adobe Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in Magento2

  • Ben Martin
  • February 16, 2022
On Sunday, February 13th, Adobe pushed an emergency update to their Magento2 ecommerce software patching a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. It is marked…
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  • Ecommerce Security
  • Website Malware Infections
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

WooCommerce Skimmer Uses Fake Fonts and Favicon to Steal CC Details

  • Ben Martin
  • February 2, 2022
The holidays are always a busy time for ecommerce stores. Dealing with an influx of Christmas shoppers, holiday sales and inventory, shipping, and at times,…
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  • Security Education
  • Website Security

The Importance of Responsible Disclosure

  • Ben Martin
  • January 28, 2022
In my years as a security analyst I have worked with many clients who were in very dire straits. A website compromise is never a…
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  • Security Advisory
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

AccessPress Themes Hit With Targeted Supply Chain Attack

  • Ben Martin
  • January 20, 2022
Security researchers at Automattic recently reported that the popular WordPress plugin and theme authors AccessPress were compromised and their software replaced with backdoored versions. The…
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  • Security Advisory
  • Website Security
  • WordPress Security

WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release

  • Ben Martin
  • January 7, 2022
On January 6th, an important security update was released for the WordPress core addresses four separate vulnerabilities. WordPress website administrators are advised to update their…
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  • Ecommerce Security
  • Security Education

How do I Know if a Website is Safe to Use my Credit Card?

  • Ben Martin
  • December 29, 2021
With regular news stories about companies being hacked, database breaches, internet-breaking vulnerabilities and online credit card theft, web users are justifiably anxious about making online…
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