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List of WordPress Websites Hacked – Serving Malware

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This story is unique: https://threatpost.com/wordpress-sites-backdoored-leaking-credentials/112703 A partial list of hacked sites are available on the link  above (threatpost site from Zscaler research) : (Screenshot  of Threatpost  partial list)   And the full list is here from Zscaler Threatlab website: http://research.zscaler.com/2014/12/compromised-wordpress-sites-serving.html Please do not go to the websites as they will give you malware.I went to one, … Read more

Linux Servers Can Get Malware Too

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    Yes it is a big deal, since many IT folks do not know that malware is on all computers, Malware is short for malicious software and is typically “installed” in Windows machines  with a phishing email, but what makes this unique is not just the Linux system attacks, but how they got attacked. … Read more

Targeted Attacks on the Rise

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Increasing attacks on networks are targeted attacking specific industries. The  focus is on the wording, malware, spam, and click baits. This makes sense since if the easiest attacks are against users and the attacker depends on people either clicking on spam email or clicking on some website link that is laced with malware.  The malware … Read more

Vulnerabilities Can Be Exploited

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(Sunday reflections and current news) Specifically the Seagate NAS  Business Storage Line Today’s Internet Storm Center has the story. This is the method the attackers can use to hack the devices(From ISC): “It appears to be trivial to exploit the devices and a metasploit module and an exploit are publicly available.” PII(Personally Identified Information) was bought … Read more