Finding backdoors is one of the biggest challenges of a website security analyst, as backdoors are designed to be hidden in case the malware is found and removed. Website Backdoors A backdoor is a piece of malware that attackers leave behind to allow them access back into a website. Hackers like to inject code into different locations to […]
Tag Archives: WordPress Security
Outdated Duplicator Plugin RCE Abused
We’re seeing an increase in the number of cases where attackers are disabling WordPress sites by removing or rewriting its wp-config.php file. These cases are all linked to the same vulnerable software: WordPress Duplicator Plugin. Versions lower than 1.2.42 of Snap Creek Duplicator plugin are vulnerable to a Remote Code Execution attack, where the malicious visitor is […]
New Guide on How to Use the Sucuri WordPress Security Plugin
Sucuri has always been active in the WordPress community. We’ve attended WordCamps around the world, created tools and features specifically for WordPress, and have maintained a free WordPress security plugin with over 400k installations. If you don’t already have it, you can download the Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening plugin directly […]
WordPress Database Upgrade Phishing Campaign
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 […]
Core Integrity Verifications
In order to clean a malware infection, the first thing we need to know is which files have been compromised. At Sucuri, we use several techniques including whitelists, blacklists, and anomaly checks. In this blog post, we’re going to be focusing on how core integrity checks are a key component of the whitelisting model and […]
Fake Font Dropper
Every day we see different website infections. When we receive unusual or interesting cases, our researcher instincts are triggered to investigate the unusual website behavior in order to understand how new infections work. In this case, the odd behavior was the website’s pop-up window claiming there was a missing font. The Unwanted Popup Window A […]
Massive WordPress Redirect Campaign Targets Vulnerable tagDiv Themes and Ultimate Member Plugins
This August, we’ve seen a new massive wave of WordPress infections that redirect visitors to unwanted sites. When redirected, users see annoying pages with random utroro[.]com addresses and fake reCAPTCHA images. The messages and content try to convince visitors to verify and subscribe to browser notifications without disclosing the purpose of this behavior. Alternative redirect […]
Fake Plugins with Popuplink.js Redirect to Scam Sites
Since July, we’ve been observing a massive WordPress infection that is responsible for unwanted redirects to scam and ad sites. This infection involves the tiny.cc URL shortener, a fake plugin that has been called either “index” or “wp_update”, and a malicious popuplink.js file. Infected pages typically have these two scripts in the section of the […]
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 […]
Unwanted Ads via Baidu Links
The malware attack that began as an installation of malicious Injectbody/Injectscr WordPress plugins back in February has evolved since then. Some of the changes were documented asUpdates at the bottom of the original blog post, however, every week we see minor modifications in the way they obfuscate the scripts or the files they inject them into. […]
