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Tag Archives: stopbadware
Joint StopBadware-Commtouch report explores site compromise from the owner’s perspective
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
Posted in Research and publications
Tagged commtouch, Compromised websites, security tips, stopbadware, webmasters
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StopBadware partners with StopTheHacker, Arbor Networks
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
Bridging the awareness gap: the need for better communications in the anti-malware space (Part 2)
This is the second half of a two-part blog post. For exposition, see “Bridging the awareness gap: the need for better communications in the anti-malware space (Part 1).” One person who read The New York Times’ first piece on Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged awareness, malware, security, stopbadware, warnings, webmaster education
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Bridging the awareness gap: the need for better communications in the anti-malware space (Part 1)
Recently, The New York Times published a story chronicling a webmaster’s fight with Google over a security warning Google had issued about his website. The main character in this story, Dr. Robert Epstein, woke up one day to a slew of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged awareness, blacklist operators, communications, stopbadware, webmaster education
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StopBadware welcomes SiteLock as first new partner of 2012
2012 is well underway, and we’re kicking it off with another new partner: We extend the warmest of welcomes to SiteLock LLC, a leading provider of website security and website malware scanning services, and a company with whom we’re very … Continue reading
New blog platform
Thanks to the work of our determined developer, Matt, and our talented technologist, Isaac, our blog migrated today to a new server and new blogging platform. As a result, our RSS feed may repeat a bunch of recent items. Sorry … Continue reading
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
Come work for StopBadware!
StopBadware has an opening for an experienced software developer with Ruby on Rails and MySQL expertise! See the full job description here, and please share it with anyone you know in the Boston/Cambridge area that might be interested!
Tagged jobs, stopbadware
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Collaborative survey on compromised websites
If you've been following us this past week, you may have seen a few blips about a survey we're conducting together with Commtouch on compromised websites. It's fairly common knowledge at this point that legitimate websites are frequently compromised by … Continue reading
Tagged compromised, stopbadware, survey, websites
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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
Tagged badware, malware, stopbadware, webhost, website
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