What is Virtual Patching: A Guide to Preventing Vulnerabilities
John Booker All software has bugs — but some bugs can lead to serious security vulnerabilities that can impact your website and traffic. Zero-day vulnerabilities can be…
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How to Find & Remove Malware in Favicon (.ico) Files
Rianna MacLeod When a website is hacked symptoms can sometimes include unexpected, unfamiliar and strangely located favicon or .ico files. Other symptoms might include: ”This site may…
Examining Less-Common WordPress Credit Card Skimmers
Ben Martin 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…
The Importance of Website & Server Logs
Krasimir Konov Have you ever looked at your server or website logs and realized that they make absolutely no sense to you? Or thought that logs just…
PrestaShop Skimmer Concealed in One Page Checkout Module
Matt Morrow PrestaShop is a popular freemium open source e-commerce platform used by hundreds of thousands of webmasters to sell products and services to website visitors. While…
Security Lessons Learned from 2021
Victor Santoyo There’s no one specific topic or target or audience when it comes to website security. But when you clean enough hacked websites, you start to…
SiteCheck Malware Trends Report – Q2 2022
Denis Sinegubko For the latest malicious scripts, check out our SiteCheck 2023 Mid-Year Malware Trends report. Conducting an external website scan for indicators of compromise is one…
WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Uses Telegram Bot to Exfiltrate Stolen Data
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…
Smilodon Credit Card Skimming Malware Shifts to WordPress
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…
It Takes 2 Seconds of Silence to Skim a Credit Card
E-commerce websites are valuable targets for attackers. Bad actors often leverage creative techniques to conceal their credit card stealers and gather sensitive credit card information…
Credit Card Stealer Targets PsiGate Payment Gateway Software
Luke Leal 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…