Tag: alexa
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Review: BSides London 2017
This month, for the first time in its 28-year history, Virus Bulletin became the sponsor of another industry conference: BSides London . I have to admit to having been more than a little proud to see the VB logo displayed on the screens in between sessions. Of course, I was also happy to see lots…
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Review: BSides London 2017
This month, for the first time in its 28-year history, Virus Bulletin became the sponsor of another industry conference: BSides London . I have to admit to having been more than a little proud to see the VB logo displayed on the screens in between sessions. Of course, I was also happy to see lots…
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VB2014 paper: Quantifying maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains
Paul Royal looks at malware served through the most popular websites. Though VB2014 took place nine months ago, most of the papers presented during the conference remain very relevant. Paul Royal’s paper ‘Quantifying maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains’ is no exception. Large websites serving malware through direct compromises or through compromises of the ad networks…
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Researchers find many popular sites serving drive-by downloads
10 million people exposed to malware served by 25,000 most visited sites alone. Researchers at Barracuda Labs have found that 58 among the 25,000 most popular websites were serving drive-by download exploits at some time in February. The researchers used Alexa to determine the 25,000 most visited websites and scanned these sites during February. On…