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Inside Google's Anti-Malware Operation

Posted by timothy on from the please-use-more-stress-positions dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "A Google malware researcher gave a rare peek inside the company's massive anti-malware and anti-phishing efforts at the SecTor conference here, and the data the company has gathered shows that the attackers who make it their business to infect sites and exploit users are adapting their tactics very quickly and creatively to combat the efforts of Google and others. While Google is still a relative newcomer to the public security scene, the company has deployed a number of services and technologies recently that are designed to identify phishing sites, as well as sites serving malware, and prevent users from finding them. The tools include the Google SafeBrowsing API and a handful of services that are available to help site owners and network administrators find and eliminate malware and the attendant bugs from their sites. Fabrice Jaubert, of Google's anti-malware team, said the company has had good luck identifying and weeding out malicious sites of late. Still, as much as 1.5 percent of all search result pages on Google include links to at least one malware-distribution site, he said."

10 of 105 comments (clear)

  1. Just don't Google EFG... by Nialin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seriously, don't. I learned my lesson the hard way :/

  2. quaker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. broken????????? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRST POST

  5. Is Slashdot Broken? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This story's been up for ages and not a single comment.. or something's gone awry and I'm not seeing any comments. There goes the point of /.

  6. anonymous coward says by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First!

  7. Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Holy shit. First post and I do not have any interesting thing to say.

  8. Anti-malware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Should prevent people from saying FIRST POST!!!

  9. frist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frist psot

  10. boston by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cambridge