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Disclaimer: The malware infection described in this article does not affect the software plugin or payment gateway as a whole, and does not indicate any vulnerabilities or security flaws within Authorize.net itself nor WooCommerce or any associated WooCommerce plugin extensions. Overall they are both robust…
Read More about WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Reveals Tampered Gateway Plugin
Finding bogus content and unexpected links for prescription drugs on your WordPress website can be a frustrating experience. But don’t blame your site: it just got caught up in a…
Nowadays, the term DDoS raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is, they might be familiar with the effects of getting…
Defacement is easily one the most obvious signs of a hacked website. In these attacks, bad actors gain unauthorized access to an environment and leave their mark through digital vandalism,…
We recently had a new client come to us with a rather peculiar issue on their WordPress website: They were receiving unwanted popup advertisements but only when the website was…
Symptoms of a hack can vary wildly. A concerning security alert from Google, a browser warning when you visit your site, or even a notice from your hosting provider that…
Malicious cron jobs are nothing new; we’ve seen attackers use them quite frequently to reinfect websites. However, in recent months we’ve noticed a distinctive new wave of these infections that…
Read More about Attackers Abuse Cron Jobs to Reinfect Websites
Late last year we reported on a malware campaign targeting thousands of WordPress websites to redirect visitors to bogus Q&A websites. The sites themselves contained very little useful information to…
Read More about Bogus URL Shorteners Redirect Thousands of Hacked Sites in AdSense Fraud Campaign
Your website’s search results and rankings are vital to the success of your online business. Better search visibility equates to more traffic — which results in more opportunities to convert…
Attackers are always looking for new ways to conceal their malware and evade detection, whether it’s through new forms of obfuscation, concatenation, or — in this case — unorthodox use…
Every so often attackers register a new domain to host their malware. In many cases, these new domains are associated with specific malware campaigns, often related to redirecting legitimate website…
Read More about Massive Campaign Uses Hacked WordPress Sites as Platform for Black Hat Ad Network
