The Dangers of Lateral Movement & Website Cross Contamination
Ben Martin One of the most frequent problems that we observe in website hosting environments is “cross contamination” — the lateral movement of an attacker between websites.…
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How to Fix Google Ads Disapproved Due to Malicious or Unwanted Software
Rianna MacLeod Were your Google Ads just disapproved after a website compromise? Or, are you seeing policy violations for malicious or unwanted software in your Google Ads…
Thousands of Sites with Popup Builder Compromised by Balada Injector
Denis Sinegubko On December 11, 2023 WPScan published Marc Montpas’ research on the stored XSS vulnerability in the popular Popup Builder plugin (200,000+ active installation) that was…
MageCart WordPress Plugin Injects Malicious User & Credit Card Skimmer
One of our analysts recently found an interesting malicious plugin injected into a WordPress / WooCommerce ecommerce website which both creates and conceals a bogus…
Analysis of the Fake WordPress CVE-2023-46182 Patch Plugin & Phishing Campaign
On December 1, 2023, several security researchers reported about a new phishing campaign targeting WordPress administrators. WordPress sites owners had started receiving emails from WordPress.com…
40 New Domains of Magecart Veteran ATMZOW Found in Google Tag Manager
Hackers like Google Tag Manager: millions of sites use it, and they can inject custom scripts and HTML code via a script from the highly…
Skimming Credit Cards with WebSockets
If you were to believe shopping mall merchants, you’d think the holiday season starts immediately after Halloween. Christmas trees and candy canes abound, along with…
New Hacked Database Guide
Your website’s database is a treasure trove of valuable information. However, this also makes it a prime target for hackers looking to steal sensitive data…
FakeUpdateRU Chrome Update Infection Spreads Trojan Malware
Fake Google chrome update malware, often associated with the notorious SocGholish infection, is something that we have been tracking for a number of years. It…
Tampered OpenCart Authentication Aids Credit Card Skimming Attack
Using out of date software is the leading cause of website compromise, so keeping your environment patched and up to date is one of the…
Shifting Malware Tactics & Use of Non-Executable .txt & .log Files
Krasimir Konov The malware landscape is constantly evolving — and bad actors are always devising new techniques to evade detection. Our analysts most commonly find website malware…