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Local malware causes infected websites

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

Over on BadwareBusters.org, we are seeing a trend of websites that have been infected because the webmaster’s personal computer was infected. Specifically, the local malware seeks out saved usernames and passwords in popular FTP clients like CuteFTP and Filezilla and … Continue reading →

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WordPress still a common entry point for bad code

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

The popular blogging platform WordPress, and its multi-user counterpart WordPress MU, continue to be common entry points for badware. In a typical scenario, a security vulnerability is discovered and patched, but many website owners running WordPress do not install the … Continue reading →

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“Trends” report encourages caution; users need not panic

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Maxim Weinstein

Our “Trends in Badware 2007″ report, released yesterday, has been picked up in a variety of blogs and news articles. Reading through some of the coverage, a web user or site owner could be tempted to panic. After all, if … Continue reading →

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