Have you ever wondered why malware is so hard to get rid of, and why, no matter how many times you run your malware scanner, infected files keep reappearing, as if by magic?
In this article, I’m going to show the inner workings of such persistent malware, by dissecting and unraveling some malware samples recently discovered by the Imunify360 cybersecurity product.
Why Malware on Your Website Should Never Be Ignored
For website owners unfamiliar with common malware, having malware on your site that doesn’t cause any obvious issues is seemingly harmless to the site owner. How bad can malware be if it just injects links? If site owners do not understand the repercussions of malware, then they will not take it seriously. It often means that these site owners don’t have the necessary monitoring and malware protection in place to defend sites. For shared hosting providers, this issue can have severe consequences and long-term effects on the server’s reputation and potential profitability.
Why Malware on Your Website Should Never Be Ignored
For website owners unfamiliar with common malware, having malware on your site that doesn’t cause any obvious issues is seemingly harmless to the site owner. How bad can malware be if it just injects links? If site owners do not understand the repercussions of malware, then they will not take it seriously. It often means that these site owners don’t have the necessary monitoring and malware protection in place to defend sites. For shared hosting providers, this issue can have severe consequences and long-term effects on the server’s reputation and potential profitability.
When Linux antivirus lets you down: How to remove malware from a website manually
The detection rates of anti-malware and antivirus scanners varies considerably. Knowing how to manually scan for and remove malware is an important and useful skill with which to confirm a scanner's effectiveness or compensate for its failings. In this article, Andrey Kucherov, Malware Analyst at Imunify360, describes some essential manual website malware detection and cleanup techniques.
When Linux antivirus lets you down: How to remove malware from a website manually
The detection rates of anti-malware and antivirus scanners varies considerably. Knowing how to manually scan for and remove malware is an important and useful skill with which to confirm a scanner's effectiveness or compensate for its failings. In this article, Andrey Kucherov, Malware Analyst at Imunify360, describes some essential manual website malware detection and cleanup techniques.
Why Malware on a Server is Always a Bad Thing
Why Malware on a Server is Always a Bad Thing
Imunify Security - Monthly Digest December 2020
Despite the fact that the festive season already starts in December, this month was busy for the Imunify Security team. Keep on reading to find out more about the latest package updates and some tips on how to stay secure. Stay safe and hopefully 2021 will bring you a lot of joy and pleasant moments!
Imunify Security - Monthly Digest December 2020
Despite the fact that the festive season already starts in December, this month was busy for the Imunify Security team. Keep on reading to find out more about the latest package updates and some tips on how to stay secure. Stay safe and hopefully 2021 will bring you a lot of joy and pleasant moments!
What to do if your website is blacklisted
A hacker might not cause any noticeable damage when infiltrating your web server. You may not notice any change in performance or any loss of data.
What to do if your website is blacklisted
A hacker might not cause any noticeable damage when infiltrating your web server. You may not notice any change in performance or any loss of data.
WebShield is back, issue fixed
Here we announced the issue related to WebShield in Imunify360. As a quick-fix measure, we disabled WebShield remotely for the customers.
WebShield is back, issue fixed
Here we announced the issue related to WebShield in Imunify360. As a quick-fix measure, we disabled WebShield remotely for the customers.
Temporary disabling WebShield in Imunify360
Recently, we’ve noticed an issue related to WebShield in Imunify360. You can recognize it as an infinite loading of the page for a website using Cloudflare. A few customers with more than 75K greylisted IPs might be affected.
Temporary disabling WebShield in Imunify360
Recently, we’ve noticed an issue related to WebShield in Imunify360. You can recognize it as an infinite loading of the page for a website using Cloudflare. A few customers with more than 75K greylisted IPs might be affected.
A post-hack survival guide: cleaning your website after being hacked
Introduction
Very often, web hosting administrators start to take security measures only after a website has been hacked. So, let us imagine the situation when ImunifyAV has been installed on such an infected server. All malware has been cleaned in one click, and all malicious activity has been stopped.
A post-hack survival guide: cleaning your website after being hacked
Introduction
Very often, web hosting administrators start to take security measures only after a website has been hacked. So, let us imagine the situation when ImunifyAV has been installed on such an infected server. All malware has been cleaned in one click, and all malicious activity has been stopped.
