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Spam Injector Disguised as a License Key in a WordPress Website

January 29, 2019Mohammed Obaid

Spam Injector Disguised as License Key in WordPress Website

Here at Sucuri, we clean WordPress websites every day. There are various types of common malware, but when we stumble upon a different scenario, our research team likes to dig deeper and conduct a complete investigation. A license key is a place where a webmaster…

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Cookie Consent Script Used to Distribute Malware

August 7, 2018Krasimir Konov

Cookie Consent Script Used to Distribute Malware

Most websites today use cookies. Since May 25th, 2018, all websites that do business in the European Union (EU) had to make some changes to be compliant with the EU…

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Malware Serving SEO Spam from External Sites

October 18, 2017Krasimir Konov

Malware Serving SEO Spam from External Sites

We handle an enormous number of SEO spam infections here at Sucuri. In Q3 of 2016, approximately 37% of all website infection cases were related to SEO spam campaigns through…

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Evasion Techniques in Phishing Attacks

August 22, 2017Fernando Barbosa

Evasion Techniques in Phishing Attacks

We all know that we shouldn’t click on links from sketchy looking emails. But what if the website you’re viewing takes you to a spoofed page at the Apple ID…

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July 5, 2017Cesar Anjos

Evolution of Conditional Spam Targeting Drupal Sites

Last year we took a look at how attackers  were infecting Drupal installations to spread their spam and keep their campaigns going by just including a malicious file in each…

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June 20, 2017Fernando Barbosa

Unwanted “Shorte St” Ads in Unpatched Newspaper Theme

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…

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April 11, 2017Yuliyan Tsvetkov

Malicious Image Defacement Hidden from Search Engines

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…

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March 17, 2017Fernando Barbosa

Malicious Subdirectories Strike Again

In a previous post, we illustrated how attackers were fetching information from compromised sites under their control to display spam content on other hacked websites. By adding malicious files into…

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February 9, 2017Krasimir Konov

JavaScript Injections Leads to Tech Support Scam

During a recent malware investigation, we found some interesting obfuscated Javascript code. This code pretends to appear as part of the popular AddThis social sharing plugin, using it in URL…

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January 24, 2017Fernando Barbosa

Fake bb_press Plugin Redirects to Mobile Pornography

When a website is hacked, we often find that attackers have injected multiple backdoors, web shells, and malicious code that allows them to regain access if the original vulnerability is…

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January 2, 2017Cesar Anjos

Website Malware Targets Mobile Platforms

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…

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