Mar 07, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Web Security Threat actors are conducting brute-force attacks against WordPress sites by leveraging malicious JavaScript injections, new findings from Sucuri reveal. The attacks, which take the form of distributed brute-force attacks, "target WordPress websites from the browsers of completely innocent and unsuspecting site visitors," … [Read more...] about Hacked WordPress Sites Abusing Visitors’ Browsers for Distributed Brute-Force Attacks
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WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk
Feb 27, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Website Security A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, the vulnerability was addressed in October 2023 in version 5.7.0.1. "This plugin suffers from unauthenticated site-wide stored [cross-site … [Read more...] about WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk
Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft
Dec 22, 2023NewsroomSkimming / Web Security Threat hunters have discovered a rogue WordPress plugin that's capable of creating bogus administrator users and injecting malicious JavaScript code to steal credit card information. The skimming activity is part of a Magecart campaign targeting e-commerce websites, according to Sucuri. "As with many other malicious or fake … [Read more...] about Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft
Over 17,000 WordPress Sites Compromised by Balada Injector in September 2023
Oct 11, 2023NewsroomWebsite Security / Hacking More than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in the month of September 2023 with malware known as Balada Injector, nearly twice the number of detections in August. Of these, 9,000 of the websites are said to have been infiltrated using a recently disclosed security flaw in the tagDiv Composer plugin (CVE-2023-3169, … [Read more...] about Over 17,000 WordPress Sites Compromised by Balada Injector in September 2023
How to spot phishing on a hacked WordPress website
Beware: hundreds of thousands of websites are fakes. They’re made to look like the sites of popular online stores, banks, and delivery services, but with just one purpose: to steal your passwords and financial data. Victims are lured to such sites by phishing emails, messenger chats, and even paid ads. But don’t despair: even if you click on a bogus link, it might still be … [Read more...] about How to spot phishing on a hacked WordPress website
Improve Your Security WordPress Spam Protection With CleanTalk Anti-Spam
Jul 03, 2023The Hacker NewsWebsite Security Tool Every website owner or webmaster grapples with the issue of spam on their website forms. The volume of spam can be so overwhelming that finding useful information within it becomes quite challenging. What exacerbates this issue is that spam can populate your public pages, appearing in comments and reviews. You likely understand … [Read more...] about Improve Your Security WordPress Spam Protection With CleanTalk Anti-Spam
Hackers Exploiting Unpatched WordPress Plugin Flaw to Create Secret Admin Accounts
Jul 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Cyber Threat As many as 200,000 WordPress websites are at risk of ongoing attacks exploiting a critical unpatched security vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacts all versions of the Ultimate Member plugin, including the latest version (2.6.6) that was released on … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploiting Unpatched WordPress Plugin Flaw to Create Secret Admin Accounts
Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, and Shopify Exploited in Web Skimmer Attack
Jun 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Magecart Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new ongoing Magecart-style web skimmer campaign that's designed to steal personally identifiable information (PII) and credit card data from e-commerce websites. A noteworthy aspect that sets it apart from other Magecart campaigns is that the hijacked sites further serve as … [Read more...] about Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, and Shopify Exploited in Web Skimmer Attack
New Vulnerability in Popular WordPress Plugin Exposes Over 2 Million Sites to Cyberattacks
May 06, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan Users of Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress are being urged to update version 6.1.6 following the discovery of a security flaw. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2023-30777, relates to a case of reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) that could be abused to inject arbitrary executable scripts into otherwise benign websites. The plugin, … [Read more...] about New Vulnerability in Popular WordPress Plugin Exposes Over 2 Million Sites to Cyberattacks
Over 1 Million WordPress Sites Infected by Balada Injector Malware Campaign
Apr 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Malware Over one million WordPress websites are estimated to have been infected by an ongoing campaign to deploy malware called Balada Injector since 2017. The massive campaign, per GoDaddy's Sucuri, "leverages all known and recently discovered theme and plugin vulnerabilities" to breach WordPress sites. The attacks are known to play … [Read more...] about Over 1 Million WordPress Sites Infected by Balada Injector Malware Campaign