As we go through the winter months and whether changes, many of us go to our local pharmacy and take advantage of a flu shot. We do this because maybe we have had the flu before and the second of pain from the jab is nothing in comparison to the hours and days of sickness […]
Tag Archives: WordPress Security
WooCommerce Skimmer Uses Fake Fonts and Favicon to Steal CC Details
The holidays are always a busy time for ecommerce stores. Dealing with an influx of Christmas shoppers, holiday sales and inventory, shipping, and at times, also hackers. Today’s investigation starts out much like many others, with our client reporting an antivirus warning appearing only on their checkout page, of course at the worst possible time […]
Why are WordPress Websites Targeted by Hackers?
If you are wondering why your wordpress site keeps getting hacked, or why you’re being targeted by hackers, we’ve compiled some of the top reasons for you. WordPress is one of the most commonly used Content Management Systems across the modern web. Currently over 445 million websites are utilizing WordPress. With a make up of […]
AccessPress Themes Hit With Targeted Supply Chain Attack
Security researchers at Automattic recently reported that the popular WordPress plugin and theme authors AccessPress were compromised and their software replaced with backdoored versions. The compromise appears to have taken place in September of last year and was only recently made public. Users who used software obtained directly from the AccessPress website unknowingly provided attackers […]
What Should You do if Your WordPress Site was Hacked?
These days WordPress infections are very common. In 2021, internetlivestats.com counted over 81 million websites hacked. If you’re one of the millions, you need to take action to fix and protect your site. Of course, a hacked site will put any site owner into panic mode. This article will provide insight on what to do […]
WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release
On January 6th, Automattic released an important security update for the WordPress core which addresses four separate vulnerabilities. WordPress website administrators are advised to update their websites immediately. All WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.8 are affected by this, and the security issues include SQL injection, stored XSS and object injection, which we will review […]
Critical Vulnerabilities in All in One SEO Plugin Affects Millions of WordPress Websites
Security Risk: High Exploitation Level: Easy CVSS Score: 9.9 / 7.7 Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation, SQL Injection Patched Version: 4.1.5.3 Last week, security researcher at Automattic Marc Montpas recently discovered two severe security vulnerabilities within one of the most popular SEO plugins used by WordPress website owners: All in One SEO. The plugin is used by […]
WooCommerce Credit Card Swiper Injected Into Random Plugin Files
It’s that time of year again! While website owners always need to be on guard, the holidays season is when online scams and credit card theft are most rampant. Administrators of ecommerce websites need to be extra vigilant as this case will demonstrate. This story starts much the same as many others that we discuss […]
WordPress Admin Creator – A Simple, But Effective Attack
Malicious admin users get added to vulnerable WordPress sites often. This can happen in a variety of different ways, and sometimes the malware that creates these malicious users can hide in plain sight. Injecting a malicious admin user into a WordPress site can allow attackers easy access back into a victims’ website after it has […]
WooCommerce Skimmer Spoofs Checkout Page
Recently a client of ours was reporting a bogus checkout page appearing on their website. When trying to access their “my-account” page an unfamiliar prompt appeared in their browser soliciting credit card billing information: This form was foreign to our client and was clearly placed during a website compromise. Interestingly, the website itself doesn’t even […]