Tag Archives: Malware

The Hidden PHP Malware that Reinfects Cleaned Files

Website reinfections are a serious problem for website owners, and it can often be difficult to determine the cause behind the reinfection — especially if you lack access to necessary logs, which is usually the case for shared hosting services. Some of the more common causes of reinfections are issues like cross- site contamination or […]

SEO Hacktool: Sitemap Generator

An XML sitemap is an important part of a website’s SEO and exists to help search engine crawlers index new URLs on your website. For example, if a site has a large number of pages that were recently updated and the owner wants Google to index their latest content, they could utilize a sitemap.xml containing […]

Vulnerable Plugins: June 2020 Update

This is a mid-month update to our regular Monthly Vulnerability Digest, which reveals a number of new patches for disclosed vulnerabilities. Plugin Vulnerability Patched Version Installs Elementor Page Builder Authenticated Stored XSS 2.9.10 5000000 AdRotate Authenticated SQL Injection 5.8.4 40000 Brizy – Page Builder Improper Access Controls 1.0.126 60000 Careerfy Unauthenticated XSS 3.9.0 5000 SportsPress […]

Website Security – Compromised Website Used To Hack Home Routers

What if we told you that a compromised website has the ability to hack your home router? Yesterday we were notified that a popular newspaper in Brazil (politica.estadao.com.br) was hacked and loading several iFrames. These iFrames were trying to change the DNS configuration on the victim’s DSL router by Brute Forcing the admin credentials. Sucuri – […]

My WordPress Website Was Hacked

Before you freak out, allow me to clarify. It was one of several honeypots we have running. The honeypots are spread across the most commonly employed hosting companies. From Virtual Private Servers (VPS) to shared environments, to managed environments. In most instances we pay and configure them like any other consumer would so that we […]