Unwanted “Shorte St” Ads in Unpatched Newspaper Theme

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Unwanted “Shorte St” Ads in Unpatched Newspaper Theme<p>Unwanted ads are one of the most common problems that site owners ask us to solve. Recently, we’ve noticed quite a few requests to remove intrusive “shorte st” ads that they never installed on their sites themselves. My colleague Denis Sinegubko of UnmaskParasites helped to investigate this case. </p>

Shorte[.]st is a service that hijacks links, forcing visitors to view a page containing ads before they can visit the link they clicked on.

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Spotlight on Women in Cybersecurity

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Sucuri is committed to helping women develop their careers in technology. On International Women’s Day, Sucuri team members share their insights into workin...

Hacked Website Trend Report – 2018

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We are proud to be releasing our latest Hacked Website Trend Report for 2018. This report is based on data collected and analyzed by the GoDaddy Security / ...