Categories: Threat Intelligence Tags: ad fraud Tags: popunder Tags: ads Tags: fraud Tags: wordpress Tags: plugins Popunders are the ideal vehicle to serve ad fraud. In this case, we investigate a scheme where a webpage you can’t see is loading a bunch of ads while code mimics user activity by scrolling and visiting links. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:26:37 +0000
Researchers at Intezer have published an analysis of a modular and versatile malware targeting Linux systems called Lightning Framework
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:44:44 +0000
Thousands of active WordPress plugins have been hit with a swathe of XSS vulnerabilities that could give attackers complete control of the site.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Bjh4-1ye-9E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:21:03 +0000
A WordPress plugin with over 100,000 active installations had a bug that could have allowed unauthorised attackers to wipe its users’ blogs clean, it emerged this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GCOxf6ngpvk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:47:38 +0000
Researchers have discovered bad authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting two WordPress plugins which should be patched as soon as possible.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qhJn8G3sG5M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:01:01 +0000
An old piece of malware is storming the WordPress community, enabling its perpetrators to take control of sites and inject code of their choosing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/G42iCdpslDg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:27:51 +0000
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| The free Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension combats privacy abuse, user tracking, clickbait, unwanted advertisements, and tech support scammers while offering granular control and faster browsing. Categories: Tags: ad blockingbrowserBrowser guardbrowser safetybrowser securitybrowserscontrolextensionfaster load timesMalwarebytesMalwarebytes Browser Guardpluginpluginsprivacytrackertrackers |
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:31:30 +0000
WordPress version 5.2.3 has just appeared on the download pipe featuring half a dozen security fixes and software enhancements.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/j-xSSrxRMDU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:34:57 +0000
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| If not implemented correctly, the very security tools we use to keep our information private may actually cause data leaks themselves. We outline a few cases and provide suggestions for researchers and security admins. Categories: Tags: automationCarbon Blackdata leaksEDR platformsexesinfosecopsecpluginsremediation and preventionrules-based segmentationsecurity solutionssecurity toolsvirustotalVT |
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