Lots of Italian sites getting hacked – Initial analysis
David Dede On the last few days we are seeing a large number of reports from Italian sites getting hacked. Way more than the average and way…
Month: March 2010
15 posts
APT – Attempting to steal your domain
We all hear of APT (advanced persistent threat) and this is a good example of one trying to steal the vl.com domain. Very good read:…
Perl.com hacked – Security archive case study
Security Archive: Remembering security incidents to make sure we don’t commit the same mistakes over and over again. Want to read more stories like this…
A closer look at the Skipfish
Skipfish was just released last week by Michal Zalewski and it seems that in just those few days out there, everyone is talking about it.…
Google’s Webpage removal request tool
Do you need to remove sensitive information from Google? Found a dead link in our search results? Want to help us improve our SafeSearch filter?…
Today is not a good day to be blacklisted
Today is definitely not a good day to be blacklisted as Google seems to be “busy”. We have been trying to help some clients to…
Removing malware from a web site – Case Study
We deal with web-based malware every day here at Sucuri. Some are encrypted and very hard to detect and remove, but most of them are…
Good bye securityfocus
I just read the sad announcement that SecurityFocus is going to be shut down (or phased out to sound more nice). The mailing lists will…
Cloud-based (FILE) Integrity Monitoring
If you are a system administrator or have ever worked with security, you probably heard the terms file integrity monitoring or file integrity checking. If…
Screenshot of the apache.org defacement (10 years ago)
We recently published a case study of the apache.org defacement that happened 10 years ago. You can read it here: Apache.org defaced – Security archive…
Ecuador Government site hacked and spreading malware
Colombia, Venezuela and now Ecuador. How far are we from reporting the whole South America? 🙂 The web site from the ‘Municipio del Cantón MejÃa’…