Reverse Javascript Injection Redirects to Support Scam on WordPress

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Reverse Javascript Injection Redirects to Support Scam on WordPress<p>Over the last few weeks, we’ve noticed a JavaScript injection in a number of WordPress databases, and we recently wrote about them in a Sucuri Labs Note. </p>

The campaign attempts to redirect visitors to a bogus Windows support page claiming that their computers are infected with ‘riskware’ and will be disabled unless they call what is an obviously bogus support hotline.

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Google and several other web security vendors are currently blacklisting the domain; fortunately, most visitors will receive a warning page like this during the redirection process:

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Tech Support Phone Scam

It’s worth noting that the phone number displayed on the page is auto-generated based on the URL that is supplied.

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