Tag Archives: webmasters

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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Google offers webmasters more malware details

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

Google’s Webmaster Tools has, for quite some time, provided verified website owners with a partial list of pages from their site in which Google found badware during their scanning. Unfortunately, it was often frustrating to site owners to know that … Continue reading →

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Google’s new resource for owners of compromised sites

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Erica George

Google has rolled out a new resource for owners of compromised websites that it flags as potentially dangerous in its search results. “Google Diagnostics”:http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/05/safe-browsing-diagnostic-to-rescue.html shows information about malware and malware-distributing behaviors that Google has observed on the site within the … Continue reading →

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