Fake Google Analytics tracking code leading to Adware
John Castro Our Incident Response process makes sure we remove all malicious files and other small pieces of code inserted in good files that could be used…
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Amazon Affiliate Cookie Stuffing
Denis Sinegubko We wrote a lot about malware in invisible iframes. This story is about a different type of invisible iframes that hackers may place on your…
WordPress Performance Optimization Guide
Daniel Cid Since launching our website performance testing tool we have been getting a lot of questions about how to improve the speed and performance of WordPress…
Search and Backdoor
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…
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
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…
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…
Hacked Website Report – 2016/Q3
Today we are proud to release our quarterly Hacked Website Report for 2016/Q3. This report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Sucuri…
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…