Interesting study by Google on the distribution of malware across different web servers. They took a sample of 70’000 sites so it is a good indication of what is being compromised to serve up malware to the public. The breakdown by server software is depicted below. It is important to note that while many servers [...]
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Network Computing | Vulnerability Assessment Scanners
The first paragraph of this Network Computing Feature should be a wake up call for anyone on the internet who does not take security of their servers seriously. Following on from the first alarming paragraph is a lengthy 9 page feature on various vulnerability scanners. The article clearly demonstrates that while vulnerability assessment is not [...]
The June07 Mpack attack
On 18th of June a large scale attack was uncovered at an Italian based Web Hosting company. Websense reported that over 10’000 sites were compromised and used to serve malware to unsuspecting end users. SANS Internet Storm Center had some good analysis of the Mpack exploit package that was used with a follow up story [...]
