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Luke Leal The ubiquity of “unlimited” shared hosting platforms has incentivized malware in trying to infect as many adjacent website directories as it can to increase its…
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vBulletin Malware – When Hackers Compete for Backdoor Control
Cesar Anjos A common pattern we see in compromised websites is the presence of backdoors and other malicious code. During Q3 of 2016, we found that 72%…
Camouflage does not have to be advanced to be effective
Often times a malware author will try to provide some type of camouflage to their malware’s coding in an effort to disguise an unsuspecting eye…
Injection of Unwanted Google AdSense Ads
Denis Sinegubko During the last couple of years, it has become quite prevalent for hackers to monetize compromised sites by injecting unwanted ads. They can be pop-up…
Database and Image Tricks in Magento Malware
Magento malware that steals details of customer credit cards is a prevalent problem during the last couple of years. We write a lot about various…
Spamming Stopped by Pastebin
We wrote multiple times about malware attacks that store their scripts on Pastebin.com and load them either to the server once they break into it…
Release the Prisoners – Rename .Suspected Backdoors
Andrey Kucherov When webmasters or hosting companies look for malware, they usually search for encrypted code, encoded payloads, suspicious functions and much more. If they happen to…
Website Malware Targets Mobile Platforms
Navigating the web on a mobile device can be tricky even when you’re browsing clean sites. If hackers are involved, the frustration of a pop-up…
Web shell downloader – simple attempt to avoid detection
Yuliyan Tsvetkov When dealing with compromised scenarios, our team has to be very thorough to remove all pieces of malware in the infected website. Most of the…
PrestaShop Attack Steals Login Credentials
Moe O Attackers compromise sites with a number of goals in mind – also referred to as actions on objective. In some instances they aim to abuse…
Unrestricted Backend Login Backdoor on OpenCart
From the attacker’s perspective, creating ways to maintain access to a compromised website is desirable. We call them backdoors. Backdoors can be done in different…