Website Security News
MageCart is the name given to the roughly one dozen groups of cyber criminals targeting e-commerce websites with the goal of stealing credit card numbers and selling them on the black market. They remain an ever-growing threat to website owners. We’ve said many times on…
Read More about Magecart Swiper Uses Unorthodox Concatenation
Recently, a client’s customers were receiving a warning from their anti-virus software when they navigated to the checkout page of the client’s ecommerce website. Antivirus software such as Kaspersky and…
Read More about WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Hides in Plain Sight
Website reinfections are a serious problem for website owners, and it can often be difficult to determine the cause behind the reinfection — especially if you lack access to necessary…
Read More about The Hidden PHP Malware that Reinfects Cleaned Files
Yesterday, the WordPress plugin File Manager was updated, fixing a critical vulnerability allowing any website visitor to gain complete access to the website. Users of our WAF were never vulnerable…
Read More about Critical Vulnerability in File Manager Plugin Affecting 700k WordPress Websites
While open-source ecommerce platforms are the most common targets for web skimmers, hackers also target paid-for software — especially if it’s used on high-profile online stores with large user-bases. This…
Read More about PinnacleCart Server-Side Skimmers and Backdoors
The threat landscape for website owners is constantly shifting on a regular basis — and it’s becoming increasingly more complex. As attackers continue to develop tools and find new vulnerabilities…
While we mostly see skimmers on Magento based websites, this does not mean that less-popular ecommerce platforms are safe from infections with similar payment information stealing malware. Our security analyst…
This past week, we’ve been monitoring a new wave of website infections mostly impacting WordPress and Magento websites. We found that hackers have been injecting scripts from scripts.trasnaltemyrecords[.]com into multiple…
Read More about Vulnerable Versions of Adminer as a Universal Infection Vector
In a previous analysis of a malicious file, we demonstrated why you should always update your email account passwords after a security compromise. The information security threat landscape is always…
Read More about Reset Email Account Passwords after Website Infection: Follow Up
What is Cross-Site Contamination? Cross-site contamination happens when a hacked site infects other sites on a shared server. Think of it as your kid in daycare catching the flu, next…
Read More about How to Prevent Cross-Site Contamination for Beginners
There’s a term for the practice of scaring potential customers into purchasing products or services they don’t need: FUD; fear, uncertainty, and doubt. This practice is widespread in the computer/IT…
