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 in WordPress’ core to protect the millions of website owners who rely and depend on the software, the reality is that the same cannot be […]
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2021 Threat Report Webinar
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 – what do you need to do to stay one step ahead of attackers? Join Sucuri researcher Ben Martin on July 6th in our latest […]
What is a Scam?
Sure — as a security-minded website owner you’re probably already using a VPN to protect your privacy, managing app permissions to protect your phone, making sure your browser is blocking third party trackers, and enforcing strong passwords for all of your databases and user accounts. But personal security extends well beyond the scope of protecting […]
Trojan Spyware and BEC Attacks
When it comes to an organization’s security, business email compromise (BEC) attacks are a big problem. One primary reason impacts are so significant is that attacks often use a human victim to authorize a fraudulent transaction to bypass existing security controls that would normally be used to prevent fraud. Another reason is that social engineering […]
Phishing & Malspam with Leaf PHPMailer
It’s common knowledge that attackers often use email as a delivery mechanism for their malicious activity — which can range from enticing victims to click a phishing URL or download a malicious attachment. To support these activities, attackers seek out tools that assist in the mass sending of malspam (malicious spam) emails from a compromised […]
Real-Time Phishing Kit Targets Brazilian Central Bank
We recently found an interesting phishing kit on a compromised website that has QR code capabilities, along with the ability to control the phishing page in real time. What our investigation revealed was that attackers were leveraging PIX, a new payment method created by the Brazilian Central Bank. Features & Context for PIX PIX was […]
ALFA TEaM Shell ~ v4.1-Tesla: A Feature Update Analysis
We’ve seen a wider variety of PHP web shells being used by attackers this year — including a number of shells that have been significantly updated in an attempt to “improve” them. Depending on the scope of changes and feature enhancements that are added to an existing web shell’s source code, these updates can be […]
CSS-JS Steganography in Fake Flash Player Update Malware
This summer, MalwareBytes researcher Jérôme Segura wrote an article about how criminals use image files (.ico) to hide JavaScript credit card stealers on compromised e-commerce sites. In a tweet, Affable Kraut also reported another similar obfuscation technique using .ico files to conceal JavaScript skimmers. Just something I’ve noticed more recently with digital skimmers/#magecart. Obfuscated code […]
Magento Phishing Leverages JavaScript For Exfiltration
During a recent investigation, a Magento admin login phishing page was found on a compromised website using the file name wp-order.php. This is an odd file name choice for a Magento phishing page, but nevertheless it successfully loads a legitimate looking Magento 1.x login page. What is not immediately visible or apparent to victims, however, […]
GFX Xsender Hack Tool: A Spam Mailer
PHP hack tools are created and used by attackers to help automate frequent or tedious tasks. During a recent investigation, we came across a hack tool used to simplify the process of sending predefined HTML emails to a list of email addresses. The tool runs on top of PHPMailer’s library, which handles the connection and […]
