If you’ve ever had your website compromised by malware, you know the sheer panic it can cause. But don’t worry, you’re not alone. More importantly it’s something you can fix! In this guide, we’ll walk you through seven essential steps to remove malware from your WordPress site. From backing up your website to removing the […]
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Web Shells: Types, Mitigation & Removal
Web shells are malicious scripts that give attackers persistent access to compromised web servers, enabling them to execute commands and control the server remotely. These scripts exploit vulnerabilities like SQL injection, remote file inclusion (RFI), and cross-site scripting (XSS) to gain entry. Once deployed, web shells allow attackers to manipulate the server, leading to data […]
Hacked Website Threat Report – 2022
Education is crucial in defending your website against emerging threats. That’s why we are thrilled to share our 2022 Website Threat Research Report. Disseminating this information to the community helps educate website owners about the latest trends and threats. This year, we’ve included new insights to highlight the most prevalent tactics and techniques observed in […]
Attackers Abuse Cron Jobs to Reinfect Websites
Malicious cron jobs are nothing new; we’ve seen attackers use them quite frequently to reinfect websites. However, in recent months we’ve noticed a distinctive new wave of these infections that appears to be closely related to this article about a backdoor that we’ve been tracking. In today’s post we’ll be discussing what cron jobs are, […]
How to Fix the “This Site May Harm Your Computer” Warning
Most modern web browsers and search authorities like Google have a vested interest in protecting their users from malware. Warning messages like “This site may harm your computer” are a clear way for services to educate and protect end users from accessing malicious websites. A hacked website can result in a plethora of headaches: unwanted […]
How to Find & Clean Up the AnonymousFox Hack
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 the more prevalent types of malware seen on client sites in the past two years. In this post we’ll describe what AnonymousFox is and how […]
Manually Identifying an X-Cart Credit Card Skimmer
During a recent investigation, a new client came to us reporting that their antivirus had detected a suspicious domain loading on their website’s checkout page. We regularly receive reports like these, as this is a telltale indicator of a credit card skimmer infection. Our research and remediation teams frequently find credit card skimmers on Magento […]
Examining Unique Magento Backdoors
During a recent investigation into a compromised Magento ecommerce environment, we discovered the presence of five different backdoors that would provide attackers with code execution capabilities. The techniques used by the attackers in these backdoors illustrates the ever-changing landscape of website security and highlights some of the tactics used to avoid traditional backdoor detection. Reflection […]
Magecart Swiper Uses Unorthodox Concatenation
MageCart is the name given to the roughly one dozen groups of cyber criminals targeting e-commerce websites with the goal of stealing credit card numbers and selling them on the black market. They remain an ever-growing threat to website owners. We’ve said many times on this blog that the attackers are constantly using new techniques […]
WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Hides in Plain Sight
Recently, a client’s customers were receiving a warning from their anti-virus software when they navigated to the checkout page of the client’s ecommerce website. Antivirus software such as Kaspersky and ESET would issue a warning but only once a product had been added to the cart and a customer was about to enter their payment […]
