Hacked Websites Mine Cryptocurrencies
Denis Sinegubko Cryptocurrencies are all the rage now. Bitcoin, altcoins, blockchain, ICO, mining farms, skyrocketing exchange rates – you see or hear this every day in the…
Ecommerce Security: Fake Jquery Used as CC Scraper
Bruno Zanelato In the last few months, we noticed an increase in attacks targeting ecommerce platforms aiming to steal credit card information. We saw a similar rise…
Soccer spam. Really?
Fernando Barbosa In the last few months, we’ve covered several cases of SEO Spam in our labs and blog that were promoting products and services ranging from…
Using a VeraCrypt File Container to Encrypt Local Website Files
Caleb Lane If you are doing website development and have a local repository, or store website backups on your computer, you should strongly consider encrypting these sensitive…
Mayhem malware still on the wild
Jose Martinez Years ago, colleagues from Yandex introduced the concept of Mayhem infections. In that post, they provided very detailed information about the malware, its functionalities and…
Malicious Backdoors: Fake Images and Strrev Functions
Samuel Odendaal When a website is compromised, attackers frequently leave behind a backdoor – according to our research around 70% of all website hacks include a backdoor.…
Old Themes, Abandoned Scripts and Pitfalls of Cleaning Serialized Data
Over the summer, we’ve seen waves of WordPress database infections that use vulnerabilities in tagDiv’s Newspaper/Newsmag themes or InterconnectIT Search and Replace scripts (searchreplacedb2.php). The…
SEO spam loading from external site
Krasimir Konov Many websites get compromised and used for SEO in order to drive traffic to other websites that would usually be ranked very low or completely…
New Guide on How to Implement HTTPS / SSL Certificate
Alycia Mitchell HTTPS is a hot topic among online marketers and SEO professionals who understand the future of the web needs to be more secure. Not just…
Creating a Basic Website Security Framework
Tony Perez When you build or remodel a house, construction workers create a strong framework that can withstand the elements to keep your home and possessions secure.…
Affiliate Cookie Stuffing in iFrames
Inline frames (iFrames) are an easy way to embed content from another site onto your own. This element allows you to insert another document inside…