As breach costs go up and attackers focus on common web features like dashboards, admin panels, customer portals, and APIs, weak access control quickly leads to lost data, broken trust, and costly incidents. The worst part is that many failures are not rare technical flaws but simple mistakes, …
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Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — January 2026
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and…
Shadow Directories: A Unique Method to Hijack WordPress Permalinks
Last month, while working on a WordPress cleanup case, a customer reached out with a strange complaint: their website looked completely normal to them and their visitors, but Google search results were showing something very different. Instead of normal titles and descriptions, Google was displaying casino and gambling-related…
Malware Intercepts Googlebot via IP-Verified Conditional Logic
Some attackers are increasingly moving away from simple redirects in favor of more “ selective” methods of payload delivery. This approach filters out regular human visitors, allowing attackers to serve malicious content to search engine crawlers while remaining invisible to the website owner. What did we find? During a…
Google Sees Spam, You See Your Site: A Cloaked SEO Spam Attack
We recently handled a case where a customer reported strange SEO behavior on their website. Regular visitors saw a normal site. No popups. No redirects. No visible spam. However, when they checked their site on Google, the search results were flooded with eBay-type-looking websites and “ Situs Toto” gambling…
Fake Browser Updates Targeting WordPress Administrators via Malicious Plugin
We recently investigated a case involving a WordPress website where a customer reported persistent fake pop-up notifications appearing on their site. The warnings were urging them to update their browser (Chrome or Firefox), even though their software was already fully up-to-date. What made this case particularly unique was…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — December 2025
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and…
How to Protect Your Site From Content Sniffing with HTTP Security Headers
Ever had a perfectly “safe” page or file turn into an attack vector out of nowhere? That can happen when browsers start guessing what your content is instead of listening to your server. Browsers sometimes try to figure out what kind of file they’ re dealing with if the…
How to Run a Security Test and Set Up Continuous Monitoring
Many website owners follow a similar “ security plan, ” even if they don’t call it that. They launch the site, add a couple of plugins, and just hope nothing goes wrong. The issue is that modern website hacks don’t make themselves obvious. Instead, they show up as small signs, …
How to Protect Your WordPress Site From a Phishing Attack
If you run a website, manage a business inbox, or even just use online banking, you’ve already lived in the phishing era for a long time. The only thing that’s changed is the polish. Phishing scams have moved past those obviously fake “please verify” requests to include convincing…
WordPress Auto-Login Backdoor Disguised as JavaScript Data File
During a recent investigation, we discovered a sophisticated WordPress backdoor hidden in what appears to be a JavaScript data file. This malware automatically logs attackers into administrator accounts without requiring any credentials. In September, we published an article showcasing another WordPress backdoor that creates admin accounts. This new…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — November 2025
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and…
A Beginner’s Guide to the CVE Database
Keeping websites and applications secure starts with knowing which vulnerabilities exist, how severe they are, and whether they affect your stack. That’s exactly where the CVE program shines. Below, we’ll cover some CVE fundamentals, including what they are, how to search and understand the data, and how to…
How to Fix the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Error
Encountering the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error (also called a redirect loop error) can be frustrating, especially when your website was working fine just moments ago. This issue is common across browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Edge and it typically means your site has entered a redirection loop. In this…
How to Choose WordPress Caching Options
If you want a faster WordPress site, caching belongs at the center of your performance plan. It reduces the work your server has to do and turns slow, dynamic page builds into quick, static responses. On many unoptimized sites, that shift alone can reduce several seconds off page…
Slot Gacor: The Rise of Online Casino Spam
Online casino spam has been without a doubt one of the most prevalent types of spam content that we’ ve seen on infected websites in recent years. An extremely common method of promoting low-quality or otherwise undesirable websites is for spammers to hack websites and fill them full of…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — October 2025
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and…
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Defend Your Site
If your website suddenly crawls to a halt, pages time out, or customers report they can’t log in, you might be staring down a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. These incidents don’t require exotic zero-days or deep levels of access. More often, they’re brutally simple: overwhelm the target with traffic…
Contact Form Spam Attack: An Innocent Feature Caused a Massive Problem
How a simple “ Send a copy to yourself” feature led to 149, 700 spam emails and what you can do to prevent it The Emergency Call It started like many server emergencies do – with a panicked message about massive server performance issues. A client’ s website was grinding to…
What Is a 501 Error & How to Fix It
When a website fails, your browser returns an HTTP status code that’s short, technical, and often cryptic. You’ve probably seen 404 Not Found or 500 Internal Server Error. Less common, but just as disruptive, is 501 Not Implemented. This guide explains what a 501 error actually means, how…
