Website malware is no joke. Our own research shows that with WordPress, by far today’s most common content management system (CMS), new infections are on the rise. Even with security researchers working constantly to uncover and remediate website malware, new…
Phishing is a malicious attempt to obtain personally identifiable information of a victim. The first thing to keep in mind about phishing is the goal of the attackers. In the first post of this series, we have explained how to…
Continuing a series on how to strengthen your personal online privacy, we are taking personal inventory of how we connect online. These were themes covered during our webinar on “Security Beyond Your Website: Personal Online Privacy” and during a Twitter…
Even the most diligent site owners should consider when they had their last website security check. As our own research indicates, infections of the most popular content management systems (CMS) are on the rise. In fact, last year WordPress infections…
Our Remediation team lead Ben Martin recently found a fake Google domain that is pretty convincing to the naked eye. The malicious domain was abusing the URL shortener service is.gd: shortened URLs were being injected into the posts table of…
With the end of November comes the height of the holiday shopping season — specifically Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, which typically span the last calendar days of November into the first week of December. As consumer behavior changes…
If you are a tech savvy person, you may have been called a “hacker” at some point by someone less technical. Maybe you’ve heard of growth hackers and life hacks. These are not the droids we’re looking for. The word…
Phishing attacks and campaigns have always been a hot topic in online security. With many posts tagged as “phishing” on our blog — the first one being over nine years old now — we’ve seen our fair share of phishing…