Here we will be sharing our finding from latest malware and hacking trends in compromised websites on the basis of Hacked Website Trend Reports — 2017, 2018 by Sucuri. you can download it here.These reports are based on data collected and analyzed by Incident Response Team (IRT) and the Malware Research Teams (MRT). It analyzes over 34,000+ infected websites and shares statistics associated with:
It summaries the latest trends by identifying the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures. Trends based on the CMS applications most affected by website compromises, the type of malware families being employed, and updates on the state of website blacklisting(Also Read — Google Blacklisting). The one constant you’ll find in this report is the issues pertaining to poorly trained website administrators (i.e., webmasters) and their effect on websites.We are seeing an interesting shift in the number of out of date, vulnerable versions of WordPress at the point of infection.
At the end of Q3 2016, 61% of hacked WordPress sites recorded outdated installations, however, this has since decreased.
— In 2017, — only 39.3% of hacked wordpress clean up requests had an outdated version.
—71% of all compromises had a PHP-based backdoor hidden within the site.
—Approximately 44% of all infection cases in 2017 were misused for SEO spam campaigns ;
—SEO spam has risen to 62.8% (up 25.8% from Q3 2016).
— sharp decline in malware distribution — from 50% in Q3 2016 to 35% in 2017.
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