We have recently been notified of phishing emails that target WordPress users. The content informs site owners that their database requires an update and looks like this: The email’s appearance resembles that of a legitimate WordPress update message, however the content includes typos and uses an older messaging style. Another suspicious item in the content […]
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How to Improve Your Website Posture – Part I
Have you ever wondered if your website security posture is adequate enough? The risk of having a website compromise is never going to be zero. However, as a webmaster, you can play an important role in minimizing the chances of a website hack. A good security posture entails how to understand the importance of securing […]
Google and Facebook Used in Phishing Campaigns
We’ve all seen sketchy looking emails or texts with malicious links to click on. There are still people who fall for these more obvious types of scams, however, phishing scam messages are designed to be deceiving. They use methods that appear valid or of some urgent matter, encouraging its victim to hand over their data. Phishing […]
Evasion Techniques in Phishing Attacks
We all know that we shouldn’t click on links from sketchy looking emails. But what if the website you’re viewing takes you to a spoofed page at the Apple ID store and asks for your login information to proceed? This tactic is called phishing, and attacks are exponentially on the rise. Used by hackers to […]
Phishing Targeting Sucuri Customers
We are always on guard for phishing emails and websites that might try to compromise our customers or employees, so that we can be on top of the issue and warn as many people as possible. Targeted attacks are rare, yet it seems today is one of those rare days for us. Recently we discovered a new phishing […]
Bank Phishing Incident Analysis
Everyone has received a phishing scam via email at one point or another. Thanks to modern anti-spam technology, most of these messages are blocked from ever reaching our inboxes. I said most of them. Today I got one that was able to get through the bouncer: The subject (in Brazilian Portuguese and poorly crafted) translates […]
Ask Sucuri: Is My Website Hacked?
Having your website hacked can be a devastating experience for any website owner. Unfortunately, many website owners rarely know they are infected until days, if not weeks, after the compromise has occurred. Their notification comes in the form of a blacklist or some other alert, including notifications from their users. Neither is ideal. So how… […]
Ask Sucuri: How Modern Web Phishing Works
Most of us have experienced some kind of phishing attempt in our online lives, and we have seen phishing grow in complexity. Usually, we notice that the login pages are crafted to convince users they are logging into a valid service. When the user fails to notice that the phishing page is fake, their login… […]
Phishing Attacks Target Ecommerce Checkout Pages
Hunting credit card details on compromised ecommerce websites has become popular over the last two years. We have reported multiple cases in the past where attackers targeted checkout pages and payment modules via malicious “patches” designed to steal payment details. These thefts can’t be easily detected by customers (no visible signs) nor the site owners… […]
Realstatistics Malware Campaign Uses Fake Analytics Sites
In this post we’ll show you the tactics employed by the realstatistics malware campaign to make their injections seem less suspicious. The injection looks like this: The URL appears to be a typical statistics/analytics script: both the domain name and the URL path look relevant. The script is not encrypted…. The post Realstatistics Malware Campaign […]
