Thousands of WordPress websites have been compromised and injected with JavaScript code that redirects users to tech-support scam pages. Security researchers discovered that the attacks began in ...

The code injected into these local JavaScript files loads a different JS file from an external location, but only if mouse cursor movement is detected on the page. The purpose of the mouse ...

The code is still live, as this screenshot taken before the article's publication can attest. This JavaScript file is the central piece of StatCounter's analytics service.

Once the QR code has been scanned and has become active, malicious JavaScript can then simulate login portals, exfiltrate data via hidden forms and fingerprint devices for further exploitation.

If the check determines that the request came from a human, the external JavaScript code injects an iframe into the original HTML page on the fly, which then loads attack code from an installation ...