Examining Unique Magento Backdoors

During a recent investigation into a compromised Magento ecommerce environment, we discovered the presence of five different backdoors that would provide attackers with code execution capabilities. The techniques used by the attackers in these backdoo… Continue reading Examining Unique Magento Backdoors

Stylish Magento Card Stealer loads Without Script Tags

Recently one of our analysts, Weston H., found a very interesting credit card stealer in a Magento environment which loads a malicious JavaScript without using any script tags. In this post I will go over how it was found, how to decode it and how it … Continue reading Stylish Magento Card Stealer loads Without Script Tags

Malicious Redirects Through Bogus Plugin

Recently we have been seeing a rash of WordPress website compromises with attackers abusing the plugin upload functionality in the wp-admin dashboard to redirect visitors and website owners to malicious websites.
The payload is the following bogus plu… Continue reading Malicious Redirects Through Bogus Plugin

Password Attacks 101

According to the 2020 Data Breaches report by Verizon, 25% of all breaches involved the use of stolen credentials. And for small businesses, that number hit 30%. Brute force attacks have a similar share, accounting for 18% of all breaches, and 34% of … Continue reading Password Attacks 101

WordPress Redirect Hack via Test0.com/Default7.com

Malicious redirect is a type of hack where website visitors are automatically redirected to some third-party website: usually it’s some malicious resource, scam site or a commercial site that buys traffic from cyber criminals (e.g. counterfeit drugs o… Continue reading WordPress Redirect Hack via Test0.com/Default7.com

WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Hides in Plain Sight

Recently, a client’s customers were receiving a warning from their anti-virus software when they navigated to the checkout page of the client’s ecommerce website. Antivirus software such as Kaspersky and ESET would issue a warning but only once a prod… Continue reading WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Hides in Plain Sight

WooCommerce Credit Card Swiper Hides in Plain Sight

Recently, a client’s customers were receiving a warning from their anti-virus software when they navigated to the checkout page of the client’s ecommerce website. Antivirus software such as Kaspersky and ESET would issue a warning but only once a prod… Continue reading WooCommerce Credit Card Swiper Hides in Plain Sight

Object Injection Vulnerability Affects WordPress Versions 3.7 to 5.7.1

If you haven’t updated your WordPress website since October 2013, this wouldn’t affect you, but we strongly hope that is not the case! There’s a new object injection vulnerability which affects WordPress versions 3.7 to 5.7.1. Be sure to get updated t… Continue reading Object Injection Vulnerability Affects WordPress Versions 3.7 to 5.7.1

Server Side Scans and File Integrity Monitoring

When it comes to the ABCs of website security server side scans and file integrity monitoring are the “A” and “B”. In fact, our server side scanner is one of the most crucial tools in Sucuri’s arsenal. It’s paramount in maintaining an effective securi… Continue reading Server Side Scans and File Integrity Monitoring

WPScan Intro: How to Scan for WordPress Vulnerabilities

In this post, we look at how to use WPScan. The tool provides you a better understanding of your WordPress website and its vulnerabilities. Be sure to check out our post on installing WPScan to get started with the software.
Big Threats Come from Unex… Continue reading WPScan Intro: How to Scan for WordPress Vulnerabilities