Ransomware Strikes Websites
Ben Martin Ransomware is one of the most insidious types of malware that one can come across. These infections will encrypt all files on the target computer…
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Malicious Pastebin Replacement for jQuery
Denis Sinegubko Website hackers are always changing tactics and borrowing ideas from each other. One of the challenges of website security is staying on top of those…
Fake Media Download Sites
Your website is a huge part of your brand reputation. It serves as a place to build your audience and helps you get noticed by…
Website Malware – Evolution of Pseudo Darkleech
Last March we described a WordPress attack that was responsible for hidden iframe injections that resembled Darkleech injections: declarations of styles with random names and…
Server Security: OSSEC Updated With GeoIP Support
Daniel Cid We leverage OSSEC extensively to help monitor and protect our servers. If you are not familiar with OSSEC, it is an open source Host-Based Intrusion Detection…
Unwanted Software and Harmful Programs
We frequently clean blacklisted websites and submit reconsideration requests to have them de-listed. We have encountered many kinds of blacklist warnings including search engines, anti-virus programs,…
Distributed Vulnerability Search – Told via Access Logs
Sometimes just a few lines of access logs can tell a whole story… Many ongoing attacks against WordPress and Joomla sites use a collection of…
Return of the EXIF PHP Joomla Backdoor
Peter Gramantik Our Remediation and Research teams are in constant communication and collaboration. It’s how we stay ahead of the latest threats, but it also presents an…
Redirect to Microsoft Word Macro Virus
These days we rarely see Microsoft Word malware on websites, but it still exists and compromised websites can distribute this kind of malware as well. It’s…
Phishing for Anonymous Alligators
Everyone has encountered phishing at some point – fake emails and web pages designed to look legitimate. This tactic is becoming more popular as attackers…
Analyzing Black Hat URL Shorteners
Hackers are known to use URL shortening services to obfuscate their real landing pages. It’s very effective in clickbait scams on social networks. Some hackers…