malware

Twitters Security Nightmare

The 140 character limit in Twitter combined with its incredible success has been welcomed by phishers, spammers, Trojan and virus developers and other malicious content providers (we’ll call them ‘malware’ in this article). As most Twitter users know, URLs are typically shortened using URL shorteners such as Bit.ly (which also powers j.mp) and Tr.im (which [...]

Save WordPress (and Ferris)

Maxim Weinstein from StopBadware.org posted an article recently titled ‘WordPress still a common entry point for bad code’. StopBadware.org is well respected and has done some great work in identifying and listing Sites which contain Malware and other unwanted software. I am an avid WordPress fan and personally own and manage 25 Sites (as well [...]

Is your Site Blacklisted by Google?

Want to know if your website has been compromised by Malware or spam links? Part of Search Engine Optimization is ensuring the integrity of a Site. There are two excellent and related free Online Tools out there to assist with knowing if your site is ‘clean’ or not: Google Safe Browsing This great Tool notifies [...]

1 in 5 Chance of Visiting a Malware Website – McAfee

Use Google, Bing, Wolfram Alpha or Yahoo and, when you search for certain terms, you have up to a 20% chance of encountering a malicious Malware Website (Malware is designed to perform some unknown or unwanted activity on the targets computer system and often is in the form of Spyware, Trojans, viruses and even spam). [...]