Website Hacktools: Types, Threats & Detection
Rianna MacLeod When we think about website malware, visible infection symptoms most often come to mind: unwanted ads or pop-ups, redirects to third party sites, or spam…
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What Is a Keylogger?
Welcome to the world of keyloggers, where every keystroke you make may be watched, recorded, and potentially used against you! Now that we’ve got your…
Vulnerability in Essential Addons for Elementor Leads to Mass Infection
Ben Martin On May 11th, 2023, the very popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor released a patch for a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, initially discovered by…
Websites Defaced with Belarusian Bottled Water Company Content
It’s not often that we get the opportunity to write about website defacements on this blog. Defacements — where a website homepage is replaced with…
Xjquery Wave of WordPress SocGholish Injections
Denis Sinegubko In November, 2022, my colleague Ben Martin described how hackers were using zipped files and encrypted WordPress options stored in the database to inject SocGholish…
What is Steganography? (Or, How Hackers Hide Malware On Websites)
As a child, I loved sending secret messages to my friends using invisible ink. A quick squeeze of lemon juice was all I needed to…
Massive Abuse of Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress Plugin
Attackers are always finding new and creative ways to compromise websites and maintain their foothold in environments. This is frequently done via the use of…
Balada Injector: Synopsis of a Massive Ongoing WordPress Malware Campaign
Our team at Sucuri has been tracking a massive WordPress infection campaign since 2017 — but up until recently never bothered to give it a…
Hacked Website Threat Report – 2022
Education is crucial in defending your website against emerging threats. That’s why we are thrilled to share our 2022 Website Threat Research Report. Disseminating this…
How to Find & Fix the WordPress Pharma Hack
Finding bogus content and unexpected links for prescription drugs on your WordPress website can be a frustrating experience. But don’t blame your site: it just…
What is a Website Defacement?
Sucuri Originally published: March 7, 2023 by Rianna MacLeod Defacement is a form of digital vandalism where attackers change what your visitors see, often replacing your…