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We recently investigated a suspicious link received by one of my colleagues on WhatsApp. The message (in Portuguese) states that Volkswagen is offering 20 free cars until the end of the year, and directs users to participate on a site that has been apparently crafted…
Read More about Fake Volkswagen Campaign Spreads Through Social Networks
We’re seeing an increase in the number of cases where attackers are disabling WordPress sites by removing or rewriting its wp-config.php file. These cases are all linked to the same vulnerable software:…
It’s always nice to meet an old friend or someone you used to know well. You have news to share and talk about, stories to tell, etc. But what if…
Recently, I analyzed a malware sample provided by our analyst Edward C. Woelke and noticed that it had been placed in a core WordPress folder. This seemed suspicious, since no…
Update: The plugin name is fake and has nothing to do with the well-known WP-SpamShield plugin in the official WordPress plugin repository. WordPress users are becoming increasingly more aware of…
Most of us have experienced some kind of phishing attempt in our online lives, and we have seen phishing grow in complexity. Usually, we notice that the login pages are…
Ten years ago the internet looked very different than it does now. Today, web designers have more options and standards to make a website stand out. Do you recall when…
Read More about SEO Spam Technique Designed to Avoid Detection
Our Remediation and Research teams are in constant communication and collaboration. It’s how we stay ahead of the latest threats, but it also presents an opportunity to identify interesting threats…
We’ve been writing a lot about ecommerce hacks and PCI Compliance recently. The more people buy things online, the more of an issue this will be come and the more…
Read More about Magento Platform Targeted By Credit Card Scrapers
Last year, we released a post about a malware injector found in an Adobe Flash (.swf) file. In that post, we showed how a SWF file is used to inject…
Read More about Website Malware – The SWF iFrame Injector Evolves
We all love our code but some of us love it so much that we don’t want anyone else to read or understand it. When you think about it, that’s…
