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Fake Ransomware Infection Spooks Website Owners
Starting this past Friday we have seen a number of websites showing a fake ransomware infection. Google search results for “FOR RESTORE SEND 0.1 BITCOIN” were sitting at 6 last week and increased to 291 at the time of writing this. Upon visiting their website webmasters have been met with an alarming message: SITE ENCRYPTED […]
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How To Easily Repair Hacked Website? (Complete Guide)
Is your website hacked? Most website admin, who reach out to us, see symptoms like their website redirecting, or spam pop-ups on their website. This can understandably be stressful. Let us put your mind at ease, you can fix your hacked website. Before we get into cleaning the website, we need to make sure that […]
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How to Remove the WP-VCD.php Malware From Your WordPress Site
If the spam ads on your WordPress site are redirecting to a spam website, your first instinct might be to blame your advertising partner. However, chances are that your website has the wp-vcd malware instead. Scan your website to get an instant and definitive answer. The wp-vcd.php malware comes in a variety of flavours, but […]
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Over 1 Million Sites Impacted by Vulnerability in Starter Templates Plugin
On October 4, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for the Starter Templates plugin, which is installed on over 1 Million WordPress websites. The full name of the WordPress plugin is “Starter Templates — Elementor, Gutenberg & Beaver Builder Templates”, but we are referring to it in this post as […]
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Understanding .htaccess Malware
The .htaccess file is notorious for being targeted by attackers. Whether it’s using the file to hide malware, redirect search engines to other sites with blackhat SEO tactics, hide backdoors, inject content, modify php.ini values; the possibilities are endless. Many site owners are unaware of this file, due to it starting with a “.” making […]
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Is My Website Hacked? How to Check If Your Website Has Been Hacked
Did you receive a security alert for your website that made you wonder, “Is my website hacked?” Or are you just concerned because you noticed something off about it? Either way, do not panic. You are already ahead of the curve by trying to figure out the issue. Every week, Google blacklists over 20,000 websites […]
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WooCommerce Skimmer Spoofs Checkout Page
Recently a client of ours was reporting a bogus checkout page appearing on their website. When trying to access their “my-account” page an unfamiliar prompt appeared in their browser soliciting credit card billing information: This form was foreign to our client and was clearly placed during a website compromise. Interestingly, the website itself doesn’t even […]
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How to Clean Up Your WordPress Database
Do you want a fast WordPress website? If so, you need to clean up WordPress database by removing unnecessary data. WordPress database cleanup is an important maintenance task that will reduce page loading times on your website. It should be performed alongside other performance techniques such as caching pages, optimizing images, deferring Javascript, and removing […]
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Product Update: Sucuri Firewall in India
Sucuri is pleased to announce the completion of a strategic expansion with the opening of a data center campus in Mumbai – India. This addition adds another layer of security and performance for customers located in the South Asian region. Our Mumbai site, along with our complete portfolio of POPs, meets the highest-tier – Level […]
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