Monthly Archives: January 2011

SourceForge.net servers compromised

Posted on January 28, 2011 by David Dede

If you have an account on SourceForge, or host any project in there, we recommend that change your password ASAP (especially if you re-use it somewhere else). Plus, if you host anything on their servers, make sure all of your … Read more


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What to do when your site gets blacklisted

Posted on January 27, 2011 by David Dede

Most site owners only start to think about security when their site gets hacked (infected with malware) and blacklisted by Google. So, here is what you need to do once you find out that your site is blacklisted: *If you … Read more


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Malware update: .co.cc malicious entries

Posted on January 21, 2011 by David Dede

For the last weeks (actually months), we’ve been tracking a large number of malware from .co.cc domains. It seems that every .co.cc domain we find is being used to host either malware or spam. One of the techniques we are … Read more


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Weekly malware update – 2010/Jan/14

Posted on January 17, 2011 by David Dede

Weekly malware update. You can track all updates by following our malware_updates category. *If your site has been affected with any of these issues, contact us at support@sucuri.net or visit http://sucuri.net to get help or if you want to share … Read more


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OpenX.org serving malware?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by David Dede

We are tracking a few sites that are currently blacklisted and showing a warning from Google that openx.org (home of a popular open source ad server) is the site responsible for the infection: 2 domain(s) appear to be functioning as … Read more


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Alexa top sites – Blacklist for December/2010

Posted on January 7, 2011 by David Dede

Every month we analyze Alexa’s TOP 1 million site ranking and correlate that data with Google’s blacklist. Our goal is to get an overall view of the sites that are getting hacked, blacklisted, etc. For Dec-2010, the number is pretty … Read more


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Weekly malware update – 2010/Jan/07

Posted on January 7, 2011 by David Dede

Weekly malware update. You can track all updates by following our malware_updates category. *If your site has been affected with any of these issues, contact us at support@sucuri.net or visit http://sucuri.net to get help or if you want to share … Read more


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