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StopBadware’s 2011 Checklist

Last year, we posted a checklist of key accomplishments in our first year as a standalone organization. Our 2010 checklist included a lot of numbers—like the millions of users and webmasters who learned about badware via our educational pages or … Continue reading

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Supporting a voluntary code for ISPs

Earlier this week, we submitted comments in response to a request for information from the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security. The topic was development of a voluntary code of conduct for industry, particularly ISPs, to help address botnets. … Continue reading

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20 providers. 10 countries. 5 continents. 1 goal.

Two months after its launch in August, our We Stop Badware™ Web Host program has garnered 20 hosting providers from around the world who have pledged to protect their networks and their customers by responding decisively to badware reports. We’re … Continue reading

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Why Finland has so little malware

Tim Rains from Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group recently posted an excellent series of short blog posts titled Lessons from Some of the Least Malware Infected Countries in the World. Tim asked local security experts in each of these countries why … Continue reading

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StopBadware introduces We Stop Badware™ program for web hosting providers

For some time now, StopBadware has advocated for increased focus on web hosting providers’ role in protecting customers, Internet users, and the Web as a whole from badware. Last week at HostingCon, StopBadware launched the We Stop Badwareâ„¢ Web Host … Continue reading

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Summer reading

For those looking for some quality summer reading about badware, I recommend the following recent articles: The Perfect Scam by David Talbot at Technology Review (aimed at a general audience) Fake Antivirus Industry Down, But Not Out by Brian Krebs … Continue reading

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Upcoming StopBadware events: HostingCon, Online Trust Forum 2011

Happy middle-of-July, everyone: we hope the season is treating you kindly. The next few months are going to be pretty eventful for us—literally. We have several events coming up in various cities (all stateside for now), and we’d love to … 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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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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Recommended reading

In the past couple months, we’ve come across some particularly informative and well-written reports and articles about badware. Here, for your reading pleasure, are a few of our favorites: Botnets: Measurement, Detection, Disinfection and Defence by Daniel Plohmann, et. al. … Continue reading

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