Website Security News
Unwanted ads are one of the most common problems that site owners ask us to solve. Recently, we’ve noticed quite a few requests to remove intrusive “shorte st” ads that they never installed on their sites themselves. My colleague Denis Sinegubko of UnmaskParasites helped to…
Read More about Unwanted “Shorte St” Ads in Unpatched Newspaper Theme
Every day we face countless cases of sites getting compromised and infected by an attacker. From there, the sites can be used for various operations like spam campaigns, malware spreading…
After carefully designing a theme and images that represent your brand, nothing is worse than seeing a malicious image suddenly associated with your business or website. In a recent blog…
Read More about Malicious Image Defacement Hidden from Search Engines
In the past, we have seen a massive amount of vBulletin websites compromised through the VBSeo Vulnerability. Attackers have been infecting vBulletin websites since 2012 with this malware, and more…
Read More about vBulletin Used to Show Malicious Advertisements
One of the worst experiences for a website owner is finding out that the search results for your site have turned into a pharmacy, a fashion outlet, or even a…
Read More about Joomla Security – Pornography Spam Campaign in the Wild
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 can turn into the dangerous…
Attackers compromise sites with a number of goals in mind – also referred to as actions on objective. In some instances they aim to abuse resources or gain SEO power,…
Having your website hacked can be a devastating experience for any website owner. Unfortunately, many website owners rarely know they are infected until days, if not weeks, after the compromise…
Nobody likes spam. It’s never fun (unless you’re watching Monty Python). For us it comes with the territory; removing SEO spam has been at the core of what we deal…
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 new visitors from search engines….
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 coordinates, iframes with No-IP host…
Read More about Website Malware – Evolution of Pseudo Darkleech
