Monthly Archives: February 2012

Joint StopBadware-Commtouch report explores site compromise from the owner’s perspective

Posted on February 22, 2012 by ccondon

Late last year, we talked with security firm Commtouch about gaps in the collective security community’s knowledge of badware websites. Specifically, we wondered about legitimate websites that are compromised and abused by malicious actors. For instance: Are certain kinds of … Continue reading →

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5 reasons why websites are hacked and blacklisted

Posted on February 21, 2012 by ccondon

The following is a guest post by StopTheHacker, a provider of website security services and a StopBadware Partner. Members from StopTheHacker are also active participants on StopBadware’s community forum, BadwareBusters.org. They, and other experts on the forum, give webmasters advice … Continue reading →

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StopBadware partners with StopTheHacker, Arbor Networks

Posted on February 13, 2012 by ccondon

It’s of the utmost importance to us that we try to provide a variety of perspectives and fresh content via this blog. We’ll be the first to admit, however, that redundancy is sometimes cause for rejoicing. In this case, “sometimes” … Continue reading →

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