Top 5 Most Common WordPress Malware Infections: An Anatomy Lesson
Mohit Jawanjal WordPress security is serious business – and an essential consideration for anyone using the world’s most popular CMS (Content Management System). While the WordPress team…
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WordPress Vulnerabilities & Patch Roundup — June 2022
Antony Garand Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes…
How to Find & Clean Up the AnonymousFox Hack
Cesar Anjos The AnonymousFox hack targets insecure websites and actively exploits them to spread phishing, spam, and other malware. A major nuisance for website owners, it also…
2021 Threat Report Webinar
Rianna MacLeod The threat landscape is constantly shifting. As attackers continue to hone their tools and exploit new vulnerabilities, our team works diligently to identify and analyze…
What is a Scam?
Sure — as a security-minded website owner you’re probably already using a VPN to protect your privacy, managing app permissions to protect your phone, making…
Analysis of the Massive NDSW / NDSX Malware Campaign
Denis Sinegubko Recently, Avast’s researchers Pavel Novák and Jan Rubín posted a detailed writeup about the “Parrot TDS” campaign involving more than 16,500 infected websites. Such massive…
WordPress Vulnerabilities & Patch Round-up — May 2022
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes…
Top Ten Most Cumbersome Website Infections to Remove in 2021
Ben Martin In today’s post we’re going to be going over the top ten most cumbersome website infections to remove, based on the sheer number of files…
Analyzing a WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer
Liam Smith The number of credit card skimmers targeting WooCommerce websites has skyrocketed over the past year, and threat actors have become increasingly creative in the different…
X-Cart Skimmer with DOM-based Obfuscation
Our lead security analyst Liam Smith recently worked on an infected X-Cart website and found two interesting credit card stealers there — one skimmer located…
Examining Emerging Malware: Website Backdoors
Next up in our “This didn’t quite make it into the 2021 Threat Report, but is still really cool” series: New and emerging backdoor variants…