Japanese SEO Spam, also known as “Japanese keyword hack” or “Japanese SEO poisoning,” is a spammy search engine optimization technique used by black hat SEO artists to make a website show up in search engine results for spam keywords in Continue reading How to Find & Fix Japanese SEO Spam
Since September 2022, our team has been tracking a bogus URL shortener redirect campaign that started with just a single domain: ois[.]is. By the beginning of 2023, this malware campaign had expanded to over a hundred domain names to redirect Continue reading Bogus URL Shorteners Go Mobile-Only in AdSense Fraud Campaign
Conducting an external website scan for indicators of compromise is one of the easiest ways to identify security issues. While remote scanners may not provide as comprehensive of a scan as server-side scanners, they allow users to instantly identify malicious Continue reading SiteCheck Remote Website Scanner — Mid-Year 2023 Report
Website owners and developers tend to buy a lot of domains. With different projects on the go and working with multiple different clients at any given time it can be a challenge to keep track of all your inventory. Sadly, Continue reading Abandoned US Congressional Website Used in Asian Gambling Spam Infection
This investigation started with a small and quite simple piece of PHP malware found on a hacked website. We located the following PHP code, responsible for injecting spammy links, within a wp-includes.php file: This script fetches a list of links Continue reading Massive Google Colaboratory Abuse: Gambling and Subscription Scam
Ever had an uninvited guest crash your party, resulting in chaos, confusion, and some unhappy visitors? Well, SEO spam is that party crasher — just for websites. Why should you care, you ask? Well, just imagine your meticulously crafted website Continue reading Spamdexing: What is SEO Spam & How to Remove It
Education is crucial in defending your website against emerging threats. That’s why we are thrilled to share our 2022 Website Threat Research Report. Disseminating this information to the community helps educate website owners about the latest trends and threats. This Continue reading Hacked Website Threat Report – 2022
Finding bogus content and unexpected links for prescription drugs on your WordPress website can be a frustrating experience. But don’t blame your site: it just got caught up in a bad crowd of black hat SEO spammers and fell victim Continue reading How to Find & Fix: WordPress Pharma Hack
Your website’s search results and rankings are vital to the success of your online business. Better search visibility equates to more traffic — which results in more opportunities to convert leads into customers. And while it may be tempting to Continue reading What is Black Hat SEO?
Since 2018, our team has been tracking an interesting type of website infection where the tag of a hacked website is changed to Chinese text — changes which are clearly seen in the website’s search results and source code. However, Continue reading Chinese Gambling Spam Targets World Cup Keywords
Since September 2022, our research team has tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. These malicious redirects appear to be designed to increase the authority of the attacker’s sites for search engines. Continue reading Massive ois[.]is Black Hat Redirect Malware Campaign
Imagine for a moment that you’re searching for a topic. You find what you’re looking for on the first page of Google’s search results and click through to the website. But instead of the expected web page, you find yourself Continue reading What is the 503 Service Unavailable Error & How to Fix It
Bad actors often look for clever ways to boost the rankings and visibility of their spam pages in search. One of the many black hat SEO injections that we regularly find on compromised sites involves spammy links hidden inside a Continue reading Gambling Spam in Visual Composer Raw HTML Element: [vc_raw_html]
A frustrating interruption to anyone’s day is the infamous 500 internal server error. When it happens not only do you lose traffic or potential site revenue, but it can also reflect badly on your site’s reputation and even affect your Continue reading What Is a 500 Internal Server Error & How to Fix It
Every once in a while, we get a glimpse into the strange behavior that happens after a site is compromised. Hacked websites are known to result in a plethora of headaches for webmasters, including malicious redirects, broken links, and unwanted Continue reading Post-Hack Instructions: SEO Spam & 404 Errors in Search Console
Conducting an external website scan for indicators of compromise is one of the easiest ways to identify security issues. While remote scanners may not provide as comprehensive of a scan as server-side scanners, they allow users to instantly identify malicious Continue reading SiteCheck Malware Trends Report – Q2 2022
Conducting an external website scan for indicators of compromise is one of the easiest ways to identify security issues. While remote scanners may not provide as comprehensive of a scan as server-side scanners, they allow users to instantly identify malicious Continue reading SiteCheck Malware Trends Report – Q2 2022
WordPress security is serious business – and an essential consideration for anyone using the world’s most popular CMS (Content Management System). While the WordPress team quickly addresses known security issues in WordPress’ core to protect the millions of website owners Continue reading Top 5 Most Common WordPress Malware Infections: An Anatomy Lesson
The threat landscape is constantly shifting. As attackers continue to hone their tools and exploit new vulnerabilities, our team works diligently to identify and analyze threats posed to webmasters. So – what do you need to do to stay one Continue reading 2021 Threat Report Webinar