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Breakdowns of Website Defacement by Platform

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

SkiifGeek writes "Zone-H have recently posted the statistical breakdown of the collected website defacements from the last few years. Surprisingly, in 2007 more Linux servers suffered a successful attack than all versions of Windows, combined. Similarly, more Apache installations were successfully attacked than all IIS versions combined. A day after posting this data, Zone-H have questioned the appropriateness of continuing to operate the archive. Despite the valuable information that can be gleaned from the service, it may soon be lost to the world. The natural successor to the now-defunct Alldas archive of defaced websites, Zone-H's archive maintains records of over 2.6 million defaced sites but may be shut down due to the continuous accusations of impropriety leveled against them any time they disclose and mirror a reported defacement."

16 of 203 comments (clear)

  1. Websight?? by Rovastar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even for slashdot that is terrible........

    1. Re:Websight?? by skimitar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes. The day slashdot spells 'website' incorrectly is the day the terrorists have one ^H^H^H won.

    2. Re:Websight?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      What is "o won"?

    3. Re:Websight?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sometimes you surf the web.

      Sometimes the web surfs back.

    4. Re:Websight?? by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it was an oversite on their part.

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    5. Re:Websight?? by Cctoide · · Score: 2, Funny

      The first verse of the World Opponent Network prayer.

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    6. Re:Websight?? by chris_mahan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Browse at -1. You'll see.

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  2. Hopefully not missing something... by gigne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Websight? I hope that is in TFA, which due to tradition I did not read.

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  3. FYI The article does by sleeponthemic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually mention proportions. Clever little summary, it was as if one million slashdot readers suddenly cried out in indignation... "I have to read the article? Nooo"

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  4. famous quote by wwmedia · · Score: 2, Funny

    "98% of all statistics are made up"

    1. Re:famous quote by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's not true, a recent study has shown it was only 63% of all statistics.

    2. Re:famous quote by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 2, Funny

      God damnit! It's not the statistics, it's the scripts running on calculators that people are getting the statistics from. Either that or noob calculator admins. Check your paper tape people! How many times do I have to say that? I keep my calculator in a safe (of course changing the combination to said safe 3 times a week), buried in a forrest.

  5. Re:Weighted for market share? by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally, I was alarmed by the rapid spike in website defacements on Windows 2003 during the period, which started at 72 thousand in 2005 and soared to 114 thousand in 2007. I'm sticking with Windows 2000, which started at 101 thousand in 2005 and dropped to under 24 thousand in 2007.

    If this trends continues, there will be negative fourteen thousand defacements of Windows 2000 this year -- that is to say fourteen thousand anti-defacements. Fourteen thousand webmasters hosting on Windows 2000 will find their sites say what they meant to say, despite their having actually said the wrong thing.

    It's like having an operating system that, instead of asking "where do you want to go today?" simply tells you where you ought to go.... Oh,wait.

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  6. Re:Linux X Windows?? by DAldredge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Their is no such thing as "X-Windows"

  7. Re:hmmm by BrentH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is exactly why I don't install any 3rd party software. Only my custom BIOS, OS and browser, which I whipe every night and reprogram every morning, just to be absolutely sure nothing has been slipped in by said 3rd parties.

  8. Re:"Surprisingly"? by multisync · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know. It's almost like there is more than one person posting on the bbs.

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