ThreatList: Microsoft Macros Remain Top Vector for Malware Delivery

The second-most popular delivery method is CVE-2017-11882, a patched Microsoft vulnerability that allows the attacker to perform arbitrary code-execution. Continue reading ThreatList: Microsoft Macros Remain Top Vector for Malware Delivery

July 2018 Web Server Survey

In the July 2018 survey we received responses from 1,663,673,364 sites, 220,573,018 unique domains, and 7,734,417 web-facing computers. This reflects a gain of 33.4 million sites, 2.80 million domains, and 120k web-facing computers. In the web-facing computer market, nginx experienced the largest increase (+3.24%), contributing more than half of the overall growth and surpassing two […] Continue reading July 2018 Web Server Survey

Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2018

Rank Performance Graph OS Outagehh:mm:ss FailedReq% DNS Connect Firstbyte Total 1 www.choopa.com Linux 0:00:00 0.000 0.312 0.009 0.237 0.238 2 Bigstep Linux 0:00:00 0.004 0.251 0.074 0.150 0.150 3 Hyve Managed Hosting Linux 0:00:00 0.004 0.185 0.077 0.155 0.155 4 CWCS Linux 0:00:00 0.004 0.300 0.085 0.163 0.163 5 www.dinahosting.com Linux 0:00:00 0.004 0.309 0.090 […] Continue reading Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in June 2018

June 2018 Web Server Survey

In the June 2018 survey we received responses from 1,630,322,579 sites, 217,776,658 unique domains, and 7,614,764 web-facing computers. This reflects a gain of 45 million sites and 162,000 web-facing computers, but a loss of 98,800 domains. Apache currently leads by most metrics, with the largest market share of domains (35.23%), active sites (41.13%), computers (40.28%), […] Continue reading June 2018 Web Server Survey

May 2018 Web Server Survey

In the May 2018 survey we received responses from 1,584,940,345 sites, 217,875,435 unique domains, and 7,452,628 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 198 million sites, but a gain of 3.36 million domains and 65,600 web-facing computers. nginx saw moderate growth this month, gaining 1.17 million unique domains. This has increased its market share of […] Continue reading May 2018 Web Server Survey

July 2016 Web Server Survey

In the July 2016 survey we received responses from 1,073,777,722 sites and 6,058,513 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 28 million sites and 107,000 computers. Microsoft and Apache continue to fluctuate between 1st and 2nd places for total number of websites, with Microsoft retaking the lead again this month after an increase of 36 […] Continue reading July 2016 Web Server Survey

eBay scripting flaws being actively exploited by fraudsters

Fraudsters are actively exploiting scripting flaws in eBay’s auction platform to carry out a spate of highly convincing scams. The latest attacks steal money and credentials, and are still taking place today, despite a recent partial fix that attempted to stop these flaws being exploited. eBay had originally declined to fix the vulnerability at all, […] Continue reading eBay scripting flaws being actively exploited by fraudsters

AlphaBay darknet phishing attack impersonates .onion domain

Fraudsters operating on the AlphaBay darknet market are using phishing attacks to steal login credentials from other criminals. In this particular attack, the phishing site mimics the address of one of AlphaBay’s Tor hidden services. AlphaBay describes itself as a darknet market that specialises in all kinds of illegal goods, and so its users are […] Continue reading AlphaBay darknet phishing attack impersonates .onion domain