If you're looking for a shortcut, next time just google the first half a dozen or so bytes of the encoded payload. These compromises come from automated or one click intrusion tools, and they often use the same or similar code for years. Somebody else has always decoded it for you, and may have some additional insights. This backdoor has been used in the wild for at least 2-3 years now so there is plenty of discussion.
Unless it's entertainment for you, reversing these scanner based website compromises is generally not going to offer much insight. It's almost certainly prefab code spit out by a tool any halfwit can buy for a few bucks, it'll point back to an ip in a country that doesn't give a shit, and it's a good chance the isp actively caters to customers like that.
If you caught it quickly, odds are you wont see any active maliciousness going on yet. Most of the time a scanner will work to compromise a target number of hosts say 1000 or so, and then will either sell them as a bundle or mass deploy their own payload. This will almost always be some form of SEO link generation, scare-ware popup ads or browser exploit kits.
Do your mom, you and the rest of the internet a favor - help her migrate to a platform that isn't a constant stream of CVEs and infected addons. There are plenty of fully managed platforms that include easy data portability and custom domains.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 14.1 ms ] threadUnless it's entertainment for you, reversing these scanner based website compromises is generally not going to offer much insight. It's almost certainly prefab code spit out by a tool any halfwit can buy for a few bucks, it'll point back to an ip in a country that doesn't give a shit, and it's a good chance the isp actively caters to customers like that.
If you caught it quickly, odds are you wont see any active maliciousness going on yet. Most of the time a scanner will work to compromise a target number of hosts say 1000 or so, and then will either sell them as a bundle or mass deploy their own payload. This will almost always be some form of SEO link generation, scare-ware popup ads or browser exploit kits.
Do your mom, you and the rest of the internet a favor - help her migrate to a platform that isn't a constant stream of CVEs and infected addons. There are plenty of fully managed platforms that include easy data portability and custom domains.