Comments on: Malware Stats for Irish Web Hosting Companies

By: Sanovnik

Sanovnik — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:46:06 +0000

I have to say I’ve missed that google tool. Looks handy, my site got infected with some javascript malware last week.

By: murmurs 04/09/2009 | Murmurs

murmurs 04/09/2009 | Murmurs — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:55:27 +0000

[...] Some research from Red Cardinal about Malware Stats for Irish Web Hosting Companies. [...]

By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:32 +0000

Hi Chris

I think you’ll find some interesting docs over on Google’s site: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45432

And Google are going to be running a feature
Ask the Google Anti-Malware team which should result in some good videos hopefully.

You should also check if your hosting provider offers any tips on keeping safe.

Hope this helps
Richard

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:23:11 +0000

Is there any guide on preventing such infections?

By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:27:53 +0000

Sorry about that Michele – the irony wont be lost here, but you got Akismet’ed

I saw the posts you guys have put up, but I’m curious if there aren’t other more automated techniques you can run to scan accounts? Could you pull in Safe Browsing API and alert webmasters in their CP if any domain has been flagged for malware?

Rgds
Richard

By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:21:10 +0000

@Stephen – done, sorry about that.
@Donagh – good point, and the malware we’re seeing now is far more nasty than ever before.
@Allan – good spot. Updated now so you can get through to the correct underlying data.

Thanks all for commenting (even if WP seems to have lost count)
Rgds
Richard

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:50:06 +0000

Richard

You’re a bit late with this, as we’ve been tracking it for some time.

The issue which is responsible for most of these infections is Gumblar, which we’ve been trying to raise awareness with clients about.

The reason why you can’t find data on some of the other Irish hosting providers is because they’re basically resellers of someone else and don’t have their own networks

The stats aren’t realtime – they seem to update about every 48 – 72 hours roughly …

Regards

Michele

By: Allan Cavanagh

Allan Cavanagh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:41:39 +0000

Richard, you’ve the same link for Blacknight and Digiweb there.

By: Donagh Mc Sweeney

Donagh Mc Sweeney — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:05:54 +0000

Interesting statistics! I would have to agree that malware is one of the biggest problems businesses face online. The threat it presents is one thing, but being named and shamed as one that has been detected associating with malware can be damaging to a brand.

By: Stephen McCarron

Stephen McCarron — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:56:48 +0000

Just to clarify, hosting365 do not provide shared hosting – can you amend the list above to read Register365.com

Many thanks,
Excellent work,
Stephen