WordPress Mass Password Changer
Luke Leal Our team recently came across a password changer for WordPress that allows attackers to modify WordPress user passwords within a compromised environment. By default, the…
Top 10 Sucuri Research Articles in 2019
Justin Channell As we settle into 2020, it’s a good time to look back at what was learned in the previous year. After all, the past provides…
What is Cross-Site Contamination?
Juliana Lewis How many websites do you currently have on your server? If the answer is something along the lines of, “One that I really care about,…
Why 2FA SMS is a Bad Idea
Editorial: This post was last updated 13th, 2022. What is 2FA? Two-factor authentication (2FA) offers a second layer of security to help protect an account…
Raising Awareness: SiteGround Spotlight
Chase Watts As a company that’s dedicated to providing high-quality website security, we like to partner with like-minded companies that understand how important this is. Website security…
CCPA: Sucuri’s Commitment to Protecting Your Data
Rianna MacLeod Protecting our users’ information and privacy is extremely important to us. As a cloud-based security service, we’re fully committed to complying with the requirements of…
The Anatomy of Website Malware Part 2: Credit Card Stealers
Peter Gramantik One of the biggest malicious trends in the last few months and years are credit card stealers — also commonly referred to as credit card…
How Passwords Get Hacked
How many passwords do you use in a given day? Everything on the internet requires a password. It can be tough to keep track of…
5 Year Anniversary of the SoakSoak Malware Tsunami
Denis Sinegubko This is a story about the SoakSoak malware campaign that proved that you can’t underestimate impact of security issues in popular premium software. These days,…
How Websites Are Used to Spread Emotet Malware
In past posts, we’ve discussed the more popular reasons why hackers target smaller websites. Today, we’ll focus instead on how hackers use compromised websites to…
5 Malware & Virus Scanning Tools You Need to Check Out
Art Martori Website malware is no joke. Our own research shows that with WordPress, by far today’s most common content management system (CMS), new infections are on…