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Naveen Velusamy

Naveen is a Malware Analyst in the Imunify360 antivirus team, researching and investigating malware samples and trends on day-by-day basis. He is a web security researcher, bug hunter, CTF lover and cryptocurrency enthusiast. He also loves gaming and killing time by counting stars.

“Malicious Checker” WordPress Plugin with Malware

Aug 26, 2020 3:00:00 PM / by Naveen Velusamy posted in Imunify360, Antivirus, Advice, WordPress

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As part of Imunify360’s proactive malware research activities, we recently identified that a plugin named Malicious Checker from WordPress ...

Analyzing A New WordPress Malware Campaign

May 26, 2020 2:03:45 PM / by Naveen Velusamy posted in Imunify360, Antivirus, Advice, WordPress

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Web sites running WordPress are like catnip for hackers. Among the millions of WordPress users are many with weak login credentials, which are ...

How to stop doorway pages damaging your domain's reputation

Nov 12, 2019 5:16:19 PM / by Naveen Velusamy posted in website, security, seo, Advice, Analytics

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Introduction Doorway pages are a great way to improve a website’s SEO ranking. They’re also a great way to get your domain blocked by major search ...

Malware Masquerading as a Web Server Image Processor

Jun 28, 2019 11:41:00 AM / by Naveen Velusamy posted in Antivirus, Advice

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Introduction Your web server's image processor could be malware hiding in plain sight. I'm going to describe an interesting type of malware the ...

File System Friend or Foe? - How to Tell if a File is Good or Bad

Apr 5, 2019 2:50:00 PM / by Naveen Velusamy posted in obfuscation, website, Web Server Security, filesystem, Antivirus, Advice

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An unlucky upshot of running your own website or online store is that, sooner or later, hackers will add it to their ‘juicy list of prey’. Once in ...