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…
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How to Remove 404 Errors in Search Console
Cesar Anjos Hacked websites are known to result in a plethora of headaches for webmasters, including malicious redirects, broken links, and unwanted spam content. But did you…
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…
Fake DDoS Pages On WordPress Sites Lead to Malicious Downloads
It’s not uncommon for users to experience “DDoS Protection” pages when casually browsing the web. These DDoS protection pages are typically associated with browser checks…
SocGholish Malware: Script Injections, Domain Shadowing, IPs & Obfuscation Techniques
Denis Sinegubko In June 2022, we shared information about the ongoing NDSW/NDSX malware campaign which has been one of the most common website infections detected and cleaned…
DHL Phishing Page Uses Telegram Bot for Exfiltration
Krasimir Konov One of the quickest ways for an attacker to harvest financial data, credentials, and sensitive personal information is through phishing. These social engineering attacks can…
Cryptominers & WebAssembly in Website Malware
WebAssembly (also referred to as Wasm) is a binary instruction format that runs in the browser to enable high-performance applications on web pages and can…
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…
Infected WordPress Site Reveals Malicious C&C Script
Bitcoin prices are down 60% year to date, trading far from the all-time highs of $69,000 seen last November. Some altcoins have plummeted even farther…
SiteCheck Malware Trends Report – Q2 2022
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…