One of our clients recently submitted a malware removal request with a curious problem: A mystery admin user kept getting re-created on their website. Try as they might, nothing they did would get rid of this user; it just kept coming back. A suspicious “user” that just won’t go away… It was suspiciously generic, named […]
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What are the Best Security Testing Tools (Open Source)?
Seeking a reliable security testing tool can be overwhelming, given how large the opsec environment has grown over these last few years. Given how large things have grown, it’s become common to overcharge people in the industry for security services provided. Due to this factor, it’s very beneficial for any small business or organization to […]
Can you be Hacked by Visiting a Website?
Visiting websites throughout the decades has always had its risks. With the creation of Flashplayer and JavaScript, site visitors could potentially be impacted by malicious viruses, like the notorious YouAreAnIdiot[.]org pop-ups that caused computers to be overrun by a massive amount of pop-ups until their computer rebooted. Unfortunately, infections can, and likely always, will exist […]
Can an HTTPS Website be Hacked?
It should be no shock by now that a professional can break through anything. These days, zero-days are a dime a dozen, so it’s important to ensure your site is hardened and protected as much as possible. While an SSL certificate can certainly be an important factor, it’s only one slice of the pie. In […]
Demystifying E-Commerce Website Security
Having an E-Commerce website can have its fair share of risks these days. As a site owner that handles online payments, however, it’s even more important to understand said risks and the best methods of avoiding it from not only impacting your business but your customers as well. Here we’ll be discussing the main aspects […]
How to Create a Website Maintenance Schedule
As more things shift online it’s become continually necessary to perform regular maintenance to your website. With risks of downtime, errors, and attacks, all of these can overall heavily impact a website’s performance, traffic, and revenue. In this post, we’ll be discussing which aspects of your website you should be regularly reviewing and maintaining so […]
5 Risks That Can Cause Your Website to Get Reinfected
Re-infections are one of the most frustrating encounters site owners experience. Like a game of whack-a-mole, when you think you’ve found and removed everything malicious, more malicious content pops up. There are some factors to consider that are likely the culprit for this. We will consider these, and some preventative/post-hack measures that can fix your […]
How To Protect Magento Websites
As more businesses switch to online options Magento is a popular Content Management System (CMS) of choice for eCommerce websites. That being said, with the online industry becoming more interconnected than ever before also comes the increase of risks in terms of website security. As of recently, Magento1 has become outdated and no longer supported. […]
What do Hackers get by Hacking a Website?
As attacks increase and become more clever across the web both site owners and visitors alike must understand the risks that come along with using the web in this current generation. In this post we’ll be going over the kinds of sensitive data hackers can obtain on the web, and the best methods to prevent […]
How to Fix the specialadves WordPress Redirect Hack
Attackers are regularly exploiting vulnerable plugins to compromise WordPress websites and redirect visitors to spam and scam websites. This has been an ongoing campaign for multiple years. Payload domains are regularly swapped out and updated, but the objective remains largely the same: trick unsuspecting users into clicking on malicious links to propagate adware and push […]