Category: Report
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It’s Dangerous Out There! Website Security Trends
Website security has become a continuous do-loop of attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in software of ever-increasing complexity and software engineers developing new defenses and patches. It’s almost impossible to keep up with the cat-and-mouse game, but the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) tries to do just that through alerts and a blog of high… Continue Reading »
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Disadvantages of signature based web malware monitoring
When it comes to your website, nothing is more important than security. Monitoring and protecting your website against malware attacks is all that stands between a functional, working website that meets your needs and a domain name that’s dark, broken or worse: embarrassing for your brand or you. The good news is that when it… Continue Reading »
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Cleaning up malware-infected WordPress sites
Web-malware – a relatively new kind of threat, is sweeping the internet right now. Thousands of websites are compromised every single day, leading to an average of 7 – 10 days of lost revenue, immeasurable stress and damage to reputation. When websites get infected with Web-malware, it takes days to clean. In this article, we… Continue Reading »
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LinkedIn Security Breach!
Security Breach At Yet Another LARGE Corporation – LinkedIn Users Beware June 6, 2012 As of this afternoon, one of the world’s largest professional networking sites has retracted their earlier denial of any security breach of 6.5 million of their users’ account passwords to confirm the rumors. The company has invalidated the passwords of affected… Continue Reading »
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StopTheHacker Customer Case Study: La Vie Céleste
La Vie Céleste is an all-natural, anti-aging skin care line that provides commercial quality skin care at affordable prices. Founded and led by Dr. Teri Dourmashkin, who holds her Doctorate in Health Education, the La Vie Céleste skin care collection is known for featuring the finest ingredients that nature has to offer. Committed to health and… Continue Reading »
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StopTheHacker Customer Case Study: Christopher Imaging, Inc.
Christopher Imaging, Inc. is a full-service photography lab for traditional and digital photographic imaging. A third-generation family business led by CEO Todd Christopher, the company employs 25, and consists of three business divisions including a wholesale and professional sales lab, a consumer mini-lab and a portrait studio. Christopher Imaging staff are proud of their reputation… Continue Reading »
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How do cybercriminals profit from infecting websites with malware?
A guest post by Caitlin Condon, StopBadware’s raconteur We at StopBadware see a lot of hacked websites. We also get a lot of questions from webmasters who want to know why bad actors make it a point to hack legitimate sites. The primary motivator of malware authors and distributors today is simple: money. The more… Continue Reading »
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Website Security: What do I need to know? What do I need to do? – Part 2
This is the second part of our blog article about the emerging security issues for and threats to websites as well as some of the options to address them. To read the first part of our article click: Website Security: What do I need to know? What do I need to do? – Part 1 In… Continue Reading »
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Startup Security Checklist: Things You Should Do Before Launching Your Site
There was a time when attackers concentrated their efforts on large corporate web sites. Smaller businesses usually did not tend to the security of their web site as much because there wasn’t enough notoriety in bringing down a small mom and pop site. But now things have changed. Any site on the web has become a target for… Continue Reading »
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Website Security: What do I need to know? What do I need to do? – Part 1
This article describes some of the emerging security issues for and threats to websites as well as some of the options to address them. The information is first in a series of articles that will discuss how to make a website more secure. This target audience is owners and managers of websites. The contents reflect… Continue Reading »
