How to Harden WordPress With WP-Config & Avoid Data Exposure
Luke Leal What is wp-config.php? The wp-config.php file is a powerful core WordPress file that is vital for running your website. It contains important configuration settings for…
Fake Instagram Verification & Twitter Badge Phishing
Social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter offer verification badges as a credibility indicator to help show authenticity and integrity to visitors. To obtain a…
Credit Card Stealer Targets PsiGate Payment Gateway Software
Magento’s payment provider gateway offers functionalities for site owners to integrate stores with payment service providers. This handy feature lets a website create and handle…
Magento 2 PHP Credit Card Skimmer Saves to JPG
Bad actors often leverage creative techniques to conceal malicious behaviour and harvest sensitive information from ecommerce websites. A recent investigation for a compromised Magento 2…
Trojan Spyware and BEC Attacks
When it comes to an organization’s security, business email compromise (BEC) attacks are a big problem. One primary reason impacts are so significant is that…
SQL Triggers in Website Backdoors
Over the past year, there’s been an increasing trend of WordPress malware using SQL triggers to hide malicious SQL queries within hacked databases. These queries…
Phishing & Malspam with Leaf PHPMailer
It’s common knowledge that attackers often use email as a delivery mechanism for their malicious activity — which can range from enticing victims to click…
Magento PHP Injection Loads JavaScript Skimmer
A Magento website owner was concerned about malware and reached out to our team for assistance. Upon investigation, we found the website contained a PHP…
Real-Time Phishing Kit Targets Brazilian Central Bank
We recently found an interesting phishing kit on a compromised website that has QR code capabilities, along with the ability to control the phishing page…
Obfuscation Techniques in Ransomweb “Ransomware”
As vital assets for many business operations, websites and their hosting servers are often the target of ransomware attacks — and if they get taken…
Evaluating Cookies to Hide Backdoors
Identifying website backdoors is not always an easy task. Since a backdoors primary function is to conceal itself while providing unauthorized access, they are often…