How to Find and Fix a WordPress Pharma Hack
Allison Bondi Did you know that one quarter of all spam emails are accredited to pharmaceutical ads? Pharma hacks go beyond the inbox and spam websites by…
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How Malware Gets On Your Website
Ashley Sand Almost since the Internet’s inception malware infections have kept pace to be the biggest nuisance a site owner experiences. With an ever growing amount of…
PHP Re-Infectors: How To Stop PHP Malware That Keeps Coming Back
Matt Morrow We all know why bad actors infect sites: monetary gain, boosts in SEO ratings for their malware or spam campaigns and a number of other…
WooCommerce Credit Card Swiper Injected Into Random Plugin Files
Ben Martin It’s that time of year again! While website owners always need to be on guard, the holidays season is when online scams and credit card…
Is My Site Hacked? 4 Gut Checks
The consequences of a hacked site have wide-ranging financial repercussions that extend beyond the cost of cleaning the site. Drop-offs can be anticipated for new…
What We’ve Learned About SSH Brute Force Attacks
The first time I encountered brute force attacks I was a hosting specialist who received calls from frustrated site owners that wanted to know who’d…
An Overview of Website Reinfection Vectors
The website security landscape is as complicated as it is treacherous. We often deal with clients who become reinfected over and over again. Once the…
What is a Website Backdoor?
What is a Backdoor? A backdoor provides a shortcut for authorized or unauthorized users to gain access to an unauthorized location of a website, software,…
WooCommerce Skimmer Spoofs Checkout Page
Recently a client of ours was reporting a bogus checkout page appearing on their website. When trying to access their “my-account” page an unfamiliar prompt…
What is Cryptocurrency Mining Malware?
Stephen Johnston Cryptocurrency mining malware is typically a stealthy malware that farms the resources on a system (computers, smartphones, and other electronic devices connected to the internet)…
What is Cryptocurrency?
Cryptocurrency is best thought of as a digital currency that only exists on computers. It is transferred between peers (there is no middleman like a…