The final actor of the stolen payment data supply chain is the end user. Rather than just selling or reselling payment data, the end user plans on fraudulently monetizing it. This malicious end user typically buys payment data in limited…
As part of our commitment to the website security community, we want to know the true impacts of a website compromise from the owner’s perspective. If you are a business that has dealt with any type of website attack, your…
WordPress activity logs can be helpful when troubleshooting or trying to identify a hack. In this article, you’ll learn about the seven things you should monitor in your WordPress logs. Over the years, WordPress has grown more complex. WordPress is…
Nowadays, DDoS is a pretty recognizable term. Though many webmasters don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is—its method is very subtle to identify—they’re pretty sure it’s a bad thing. And that’s a correct assumption. In this article, we will…
Across various social media platforms there are verification checkmark symbols that appear near the name of the account’s page we view. For example, this verified account indicator seen from our Twitter page: These verification checkmarks exist as a credibility indicator…
Website security is what we eat, sleep, and breathe. It’s what we do best because we deal with hacked websites every single day, thousands of them. Among the various types and evolution in attack scenarios, one has remained the same…
There appears to be a general misunderstanding among internet users about the difference between malware and viruses. The two terms are often used interchangeably and to an extent, this is perfectly fine. This article seeks to clarify the difference between…