White Papers & Reports
White Papers & Reports
Compromised Websites: An Owner’s Perspective
A joint report published by StopBadware and Commtouch explores the experience of website compromise from the perspective of site owners. The report is based on a survey that over 600 webmasters completed between November 2011 and January 2012. Findings include statistics and site owner opinions on the process of discovering and repairing compromised websites.
The State of Badware
StopBadware’s State of Badware report examines recent badware trends, analyzes weak points in the Internet ecosystem’s defenses, and discusses how industry and policymakers can evolve to better combat badware. The report provides a broad look at the badware landscape and emphasizes key vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement.
A Broader Look at Web-Based Malware: Mapping the Threat to Better Fight It
This report attempts to address one of the major challenges in fighting badware: identifying and holding responsible the many parties involved in keeping the Web safe. It presents a model for mapping online threats generally, and then uses this model to address web-based malware in particular. It was written by Harvard Kennedy School of Government student Boris Jamet-Fournier as a project for the Chain of Trust Initiative (StopBadware, the National Cyber Security Alliance, and the Anti-Spyware Coalition).
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