Website Security News
A few years ago, we saw how a browser extension introduced a threat to serve unwanted ads. Today, the number of browser extensions available to users has grown, along with the risk for this similar behavior to occur. We recently came across a similar case…
Read More about Browser Extension Bug Leads to Post Injection
In the past few months, we have frequently seen how attackers are infecting Magento installations to scrape confidential information such as credit cards, logins, and PayPal credentials. That is why we…
Recently, we have come across a number of websites that were facing reinfection of a credit card information stealer malware within the following files: app/Mage.php; lib/Varien/Autoload.php; index.php; app/code/core/Mage/Core/functions.php; These are…
Read More about Shell Logins as a Magento Reinfection Vector
If I were to ask if you could trust a script from Google that is loading on your website, the majority of users would say “yes” or even “absolutely”. But…
Read More about Malicious Activities with Google Tag Manager
Last year we took a look at how attackers were infecting Drupal installations to spread their spam and keep their campaigns going by just including a malicious file in each…
Read More about Evolution of Conditional Spam Targeting Drupal Sites
Every day we face countless cases of sites getting compromised and infected by an attacker. From there, the sites can be used for various operations like spam campaigns, malware spreading…
We submit hundreds of blacklist review requests every day after cleaning our clients’ websites. Google’s Deceptive Content warning applies when Google detects dangerous code that attempts to trick users into…
Read More about New Non-HTTPS Websites Blacklisted for Phishy Password Practices
Cookies are stored in the user’s browser to track behavior on a specific website. They also keep a user logged in during the active browsing session. Without cookies a user…
Read More about Fake WordPrssAPI Stealing Cookies and Hijacking Sessions
In the past, we have seen a massive amount of vBulletin websites compromised through the VBSeo Vulnerability. Attackers have been infecting vBulletin websites since 2012 with this malware, and more…
Read More about vBulletin Used to Show Malicious Advertisements
A common pattern we see in compromised websites is the presence of backdoors and other malicious code. During Q3 of 2016, we found that 72% of all compromises that we…
Read More about vBulletin Malware – When Hackers Compete for Backdoor Control
Navigating the web on a mobile device can be tricky even when you’re browsing clean sites. If hackers are involved, the frustration of a pop-up can turn into the dangerous…
