Monthly Archives: June 2011

Graphic design wanted!

In preparation for a new StopBadware intiative that we'll be launching in August, we're looking to get a professional looking seal/logo designed within the next couple weeks. If you're a designer and want to put in a proposal for the … Continue reading

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A new form of script injection

The good people at Armorize recently discovered and analyzed a new form of script injection, which they have dubbed "Mass Meshing Injection." The unique characteristic of this new attack is that each compromised site loads a malicious script from a … Continue reading

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Innocent sites caught in a dragnet

A New York Times blog reported last night that entire racks full of web hosting servers were seized by the FBI in an effort, presumably, to get at some evidence living on one of the servers: The F.B.I. seized Web … Continue reading

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Adobe Reader further automates updates

Last year, we noted that Adobe took the important step of enabling automatic updates by default for new installations of its free, widely used Reader product. Existing installations, however, maintained their existing settings. Because previous versions of Reader defaulted to … Continue reading

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Announcing the newest StopBadware report: The State of Badware

Today, StopBadware is proud to announce the public release of our first State of Badware report. The State of Badware offers insight into recent badware trends and responses and examines the factors that contribute to badware’s persistence.  Badware is a … Continue reading

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SoftLayer becomes new StopBadware sponsor

We at StopBadware are happy to officially welcome SoftLayer as our newest sponsor! SoftLayer Technologies is the largest web hosting company in the world. They’ve recently supported StopBadware by contributing to the development of our best practices for web hosting … Continue reading

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