Website Security News
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important…
Read More about WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup September 2022
Bad actors often look for clever ways to boost the rankings and visibility of their spam pages in search. One of the many black hat SEO injections that we regularly…
Read More about Gambling Spam in Visual Composer Raw HTML Element: [vc_raw_html]
A frustrating interruption to anyone’s day is the infamous 500 internal server error. When it happens not only do you lose traffic or potential site revenue, but it can also…
Read More about What Is a 500 Internal Server Error & How to Fix It
There’s no one specific topic or target or audience when it comes to website security. But when you clean enough hacked websites, you start to see trends and techniques emerge…
Conducting an external website scan for indicators of compromise is one of the easiest ways to identify security issues. While remote scanners may not provide as comprehensive of a scan…
WordPress security is serious business – and an essential consideration for anyone using the world’s most popular CMS (Content Management System). While the WordPress team quickly addresses known security issues…
Read More about Top 5 Most Common WordPress Malware Infections: An Anatomy Lesson
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help…
Read More about WordPress Vulnerabilities & Patch Roundup — June 2022
The AnonymousFox hack targets insecure websites and actively exploits them to spread phishing, spam, and other malware. A major nuisance for website owners, it also happens to be one of…
Read More about How to Find & Clean Up the AnonymousFox Hack
The threat landscape is constantly shifting. As attackers continue to hone their tools and exploit new vulnerabilities, our team works diligently to identify and analyze threats posed to webmasters. So…
Recently, Avast’s researchers Pavel Novák and Jan Rubín posted a detailed writeup about the “Parrot TDS” campaign involving more than 16,500 infected websites. Such massive infections don’t go unnoticed by…
Read More about Analysis of the Massive NDSW/NDSX Malware Campaign
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. We’ve compiled…
Read More about WordPress Vulnerabilities & Patch Round-up — May 2022
