We are receiving reports from many users of the popular JoomDonation platform that they received a very scary email from someone that supposedly hacked into JoomDonation. The emails went to the proper account registered in there and contained the full names, so it looks like JoomDonation did in fact got breached. This is the full […]
Typos Can have a Bigger Impact Than Expected
Have you ever thought about the cost of a typo? You know what I mean, a simple misspelling of a word somewhere on your website. Do you think there’s a risk in that? You may have seen the Grammar Police all over your comments yelling that you used the wrong version of “your” and pointing […]
Protecting Against Unknown Software Vulnerabilities
Bugs exist in every piece of code. It is suggested that for every 1,000 lines of code, there are on average 1 to 5 bugs to be found. Some of these bugs can have a security implications, these are known as vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be used to exploit and compromise your server, your site […]
Website Malware Removal: Phishing
As we continue on our Malware Removal series we turn our attention to the increasing threat of Phishing infections. Just like a fisherman casts and reels with his fishing rod, a “phisher-man” will try their luck baiting users with fake pages, often in the form of login pages. These copied website pages are cast into […]
Security Advisory – High severity – WP-Statistics WordPress Plugin
Advisory for: WordPress WP-Statistics Plugin Security Risk: High (DREAD score : 7/10) Exploitation level: Easy/Remote Vulnerability: Stored XSS which executes on the administration panel. Patched Version: 8.3.1 If you’re using the WP-Statistics WordPress plugin on your website, now is the time to update. While doing a routine audit for our Website Firewall product, we discovered […]
RSS Reveals Malware Injections
There are multiple different ways to detect invisible malware on a website: You can scrutinize the HTML code of web pages. Use external scanners like SiteCheck or UnmaskParasites. Get alerts from anti-viruses or search engines (both in search results and via their Webmaster Tools). Try to open web pages with different User-Agents and check for […]
Deep Dive into the HikaShop Vulnerability
It’s been two months since our disclosure of an Object Injection vulnerability affecting versions <2.3.3 of the Joomla! Hikashop extension. The vulnerability allowed an attacker to execute malicious code on a target website. How Does Object Injection Work? Object Injection occurs when raw user input is passed to an unserialize() function call. When this happens, […]
The Art of Website Malware Removal – The Basics
When talking about defense against malicious hacks, the attack vector is a common topic for Information Security (InfoSec) professionals. The primary concern is to understand the anatomy of the attack and prevent it from happening again. However, there is a less glamorous task that must take place once an attack vector is exploited; that is […]
The Psychology Behind Why Websites Get Hacked
It’s an everyday conversation for security professionals that interact with everyday website owners. The one where we have to explain that just because everything seems fine, doesn’t mean that the best security practices shouldn’t be followed, or that being safe so far doesn’t grant future invincibility. The question, “Why should I worry?” is heard so […]
Migrating to the Ghost Blogging Platform
For those of you that follow the CloudFlare blog, you’ll know that we try to be prolific. We have industry leaders like Matthew Prince, John Graham-Cumming, Nick Sullivan, and others publishing pieces weekly from the front lines of internet performance and security. We’re also big fans of open source software, which is used in almost […]
