Information Protection and Security

More Websites are compromised today than ever, and about one-fifth of the pages on each newly compromised Website were infected as of this year's third quarter, according to new data gathered from real-time Web malware monitoring service provider Dasient.
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Microsoft is suing five online entities and the individuals behind them for spreading "malvertising," or online advertising that delivers malware. As demonstrated by a September attack on The New York Times Website, malicious online advertising represents a persistent and increasingly high-profile problem for businesses and consumers.

'Landmark case' indicates that ISPs may be held liable if they know about criminal activity on their customers' Websites and fail to act.
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ScanSafe has reported a massive compromise impacting 57,000 legitimate sites. When users visit the infected Web pages, they are greeted with a truckload of password stealers and other Trojans.
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Hackers broke into more than a dozen Web sites for members of theU.S. House of Representatives in the past week, replacing portions of their home pages with digital graffiti, according House officials.
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New research from the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows how phishers are better covering their tracks -- and what to do when phishers compromise your Website.

 Cyberbullying involves the use of information technology (email, websites, social networking, Internet messaging or other technology) for hostile behavior to harm or upset others.You can't easily get away from cyberbullying as using email and the Internet are everyday practices.  There are, however, ways you can defend yourself against cyberbullying.