Archive for May, 2010
How to optimize a Pay Per Click campaign for optimal results
Pay Per Click marketing and search engine optimization are two of the best ways for bringing traffic to a website. These two methods, used wisely, can definitely improve the way a specific website appears in the search results. Pay Per Click marketing, in simple words, translates into paying for every single click an ad receives [...]
Skype users vulnerable to a new virus attack
Similar to Conficker family regarding methods of self-defense, this worm restricts access to antivirus manufacturers websites and disables other protection tools. If platforms Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger have been heavily exploited by worms, Skype users were less exposed to such threats. While worms that spread by sending links are not new in current malware [...]
Hackers use Web servers to initiate more powerful DDoS
According to security firm Imperva, hackers used a new type of distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) more powerful and elusive than any predecessor. The new generation of DDoS uses no bot infected PCs, but instead use the power of Web servers, say researchers. They estimate that hundreds of Web servers have been infected and [...]