Online Credit Card Theft – A Brief Overview of Online Fraud and Abuse – Part 2
Ben Martin In my previous post about ecommerce credit card swipers I described the general overview of the online ecommerce environment as well as some of the…
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Online Credit Card Theft – A Brief Overview of Online Fraud and Abuse – Part 1
Many clients that we work with host and operate ecommerce websites which are frequent targets of attackers. The goal of these attacks is to steal…
Password Attacks 101
Cesar Anjos According to the 2020 Data Breaches report by Verizon, 25% of all breaches involved the use of stolen credentials. And for small businesses, that number…
WordPress Redirect Hack via Test0.com/Default7.com
Denis Sinegubko Malicious redirect is a type of hack where website visitors are automatically redirected to some third-party website: usually it’s some malicious resource, scam site or…
WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Hides in Plain Sight
Recently, a client’s customers were receiving a warning from their anti-virus software when they navigated to the checkout page of the client’s ecommerce website. Antivirus…
What is File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)?
What is file integrity monitoring? File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) is a security measure that checks and compares files against a known baseline to detect any…
WPScan Intro: How to Scan for WordPress Vulnerabilities
Alycia Mitchell In this post, we look at how to use WPScan. The tool provides you a better understanding of your WordPress website and its vulnerabilities. Be…
WordPress Continues to Fall Victim to Carding Attacks
Unsurprisingly, as WordPress continues to increase in popularity as an e-commerce platform, attackers continue to attempt to steal credit card information from unsuspecting clients. Currently, the WordPress plugin WooCommerce accounts for roughly a quarter of all…
How to Know If You’re Being DDoSed
Stephen Johnston Nowadays, the term DDoS raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is, they might be familiar…
The Importance of Website Backups
Juliana Lewis Today is World Backup Day. This date was created to remind people of the importance of having backups set up for everything that matters. I am pretty sure your website falls into…
How Do Websites Get Hacked?
Mike Martens As much as the web has grown, surprisingly not a lot has changed in how websites get hacked. The most important thing you can do…