Posts Tagged ‘htaccess file’

Websites Compromised with Fake AV Campaign (Windows Web Secure Kit)

May

2012

“To help protect your computer, Windows Web Secure Kit have detected trojans and is ready to remove them”. We are seeing many WordPress sites compromised with a malware redirecting users to the “Windows Web Secure Kit” fake/rogue anti virus. So if you get that message when visiting your (or any site), you know that it is likely compromised […]

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Sucuri WordPress Security Plugin Protects Against PHP-CGI Vulnerability

May

2012

Today we released an update on the latest PHP CGI vulnerability and provided some additional information that users can use to help protect against it. Guidance includes updating your .htaccess file with the following: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^[^=]*$ RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} %2d|\- [NC] RewriteRule .? – [F,L] It is important to note however that if […]

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Multiple hijacking

Apr

2012

Vulnerable websites are regularly hijacked to redirect users to malicious domains. The most popular type of of malicious page are Fake AV pages. Attackers commonly increase traffic to these hijacked websites using Blackhat SEO techniques. Blackhat SEO requires that two different pages be delivered to different audiences: A harmless spam page to the Googlebot and […]

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