New SocGholish Malware Variant Uses Zip Compression & Evasive Techniques
Ben Martin Readers of this blog should already be familiar with SocGholish: a widespread, years-long malware campaign aimed at pushing fake browser updates to unsuspecting web users.…
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SocGholish Malware: Script Injections, Domain Shadowing, IPs & Obfuscation Techniques
Denis Sinegubko Earlier this June, we shared information about the ongoing NDSW/NDSX malware campaign which has been one of the most common website infections detected and cleaned…
Obfuscation Techniques in Ransomweb “Ransomware”
Luke Leal As vital assets for many business operations, websites and their hosting servers are often the target of ransomware attacks — and if they get taken…
What is Ransomware?
Justin Channell Ransomware has been one of the scariest topics in cybersecurity for years – and for good reason. Living up to its name, ransomware is a…
Troldesh Ransomware Dropper
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen an increase in Troldesh ransomware using compromised websites as intermediary malware distributors. The malware often uses a PHP…
Fake Browser Updates Push Ransomware and Bank Malware
Recently we came across a malicious campaign injecting scripts that push fake browser updates onto site visitors. This is what a typical fake update request…
WordPress Security – Fake TrafficAnalytics Website Infection
Rodrigo Escobar Several months ago, our research team identified a fake analytics infection, known as RealStatistics. The malicious Javascript injection looks a lot like tracking code for…
New Realstatistics Attack Vector Compromising Joomla Sites
Caleb Lane Nov 2016 Update: If your Joomla site has been hacked, you can follow our guide to fixing it. Read the Guide! Over the past few…
Realstatistics Malware Campaign Leads To Ransomware
Daniel Cid Our Incident Response Team (IRT) has been tracking a mass infection campaign over the last two weeks ( codenamed “Realstatistics“). This campaign has compromised thousands of websites built…
The Growing DDoS Threat to Website Owners
Tony Perez As website attacks continue to evolve, we see growing levels of sophistication in the way attackers are expanding the economics of their industry. The monetization…
Website Ransomware – CTB-Locker Goes Blockchain
During the last couple of years, website ransomware has become one of the most actively developing types of malware. After infamous fake anti-viruses, this it the second…