Magento sites – New Malware Issue

By Soumia George on October 27, 2015

Magento community has received reports that some Magento sites are being targeted by Guruincsite malware (Neutrino exploit kit).

The malware can take advantage of situations where an administrative account has been compromised through weak passwords, phishing, or any other unpatched vulnerability that allows for administrative access, so it is important to check for fake user accounts and for leftover demo accounts.

Magento merchants are advised to follow best practices to ensure the security of their sites as well as:

  • Check their sites for Guruincsite and other malware and security vulnerabilities that could be used in future attacks at http://magereport.com. This is a very useful Magento community project that is not affiliated with Magento.
  • Search for and remove any malicious scripts that have been injected into your pages. You can then submit an unblock request to Google using Google Webmaster. Instructions from Magereport on finding and fixing these scripts can be found here.
  • Please review all admin users in your system, including accounts with the username “admin” that could be left over from sample data installations. Remove any accounts that you are not actively using.
  • Implement all available patches ASAP to close any exploitable vulnerability. Please visit the Magento Security Center for a list of patches.

Visit the Magento Security Center at http://magento.com/security/news/important-security-update for more information on how to address this issue and make sure that you have implemented all recent security patches.

Source : http://magento.com/

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