Nimbusec Website Security Monitor Issue Types (Short)

MALWARE

WEB SHELL

APPLICATION

TLS

CONTENT

BLACKLIST

REPUTATION

Malware

Malware	Malicious code fragments are found on a Web page. Typical examples would be, amongst others, credit card skimmers, crypto miners or tech scams.
SEO-Spam	If changes on a website are detected while acting as 'googlebot' instead of the default browser agent a warning for suspicious behavior is created

Web Shell

These issues can only be created by the server agent that runs directly on the web server when either YARA signatures are triggered, or something is detected by the "ShellRay" model.

Application

CMS Version	An application running on an outdated verrsion has been found on the website
CMS Vulnerable	An application with a possible vulnerability has been found on the website
CMS Tampered	Core file of WordPress change and are only generated by Nimbusec's server agent. However, Nimbusec cannot not distinguish between legitimate and malicious changes.

TLS

TLS Protocol	Unsafe TLS protocol allowed in configuration
TLS Ciphersuite	Unsafe TLS cipher allowed in configuration
TLS Sigalg	Outdated hash algorithm was used in the creation of the certificate
TLS Notrust	Untrasted root certificate
TLS Hostname	Hostname or alternative name does not match the certificate
TLS Expires	The TLS certificate will expire soon or has already expired
TLS Legacy	Symantec legacy certificate in use
TLS Misconfigured Chain	The received certificate chain was incomplete or misconfigured
TLS Revoked Cert	The certificate was revoked
No HTTPS Redirect	HTTP website does not redirect to HTTPS

Content

Defacement	The visual appearance of a website was changed to distribute social, political or just for fun messages to the visitor
Content Violation	Changes of the content of a Web page are detected. These change may be intended by the website owner or may be the result of a malicious attack. However, Nimbusec does not distinguish between legitimate and malicious changes.

Blacklist

Blacklist

The domain which is subject to review is found on blacklists monitored by Nimbusec

Reputation

Suspicious Link	Suspicious resources, based on blacklists monitored by Nimbusec, are embedded (but not loaded) on a Web page. A typical example of this type of event would be a link (a-tag) which points to a suspicious domain found in the Nimbusec blacklist.
Suspicious Request	A suspicious resource, based on blacklists monitored by Nimbusec, is actively loaded by a Web page. A typical example of this type of event would be a JavaScript source which points to a suspicions domain.