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Hackers Use Fake Google reCAPTCHA to Cloak Banking Malware

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The most effective phishing and malware campaigns usually employ one of the following two age-old social engineering techniques:
Impersonation
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Spam Injector Disguised as License Key in WordPress Website

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Here at Sucuri, we clean WordPress websites every day. There are various types of common malware, but when we stumble upon a different scenario, our research team likes to dig deeper and conduct a complete investigation.
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Google Partially Patches Flaw in Chrome for Android 3 Years After Disclosure

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Google has finally patched a privacy vulnerability in its Chrome web browser for Android that exposes users’ device model and firmware version, eventually enabling remote attackers to identify unpatched devices and exploit known vulnerabilities.

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Cookie Consent Script Used to Distribute Malware

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Most websites today use cookies. Since May 25th, 2018, all websites that do business in the European Union (EU) had to make some changes to be compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Even though cookie usage is mentioned only … Continue reading Cookie Consent Script Used to Distribute Malware→

Malware Serving SEO Spam from External Sites

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Malware Serving SEO Spam from External Sites

We handle an enormous number of SEO spam infections here at Sucuri. In Q3 of 2016, approximately 37% of all website infection cases were related to SEO spam campaigns through PHP, database injections or .htaccess redirects.

An SEO spam infection can be devastating to a website’s credibility and reputation. Many website owners recognize and appreciate the enormous effort involved in carefully creating and optimizing pages for search engines. Unfortunately, attackers don’t care about the size of your website – even if you’ve just started out, you can still be targeted for quick, cheap SEO.

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A week in security (August 21 – August 27)

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A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 21st of August to the 27th of August. Big news from Malwarebytes was the introduction real-time protection for Mac and Android.

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