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October 02, 2014

Bing Working to Better Detect Malicious Websites

With the growing number of companies coming under the attacks hackers, some of the bigger Internet firms are taking some extreme actions. Hacked websites are not just a problem for webmasters who are the victims of the hacking. These websites can lead to malware and spy proliferation, and that becomes a problem for everyone on the Internet. This is why Microsoft (News - Alert) has improved its algorithm for detecting hacked websites.

In order to do this, Bing recently posted the process for figuring out a website has been hacked on its blog. Igor Rondel, principal development manager, Bing Index Quality, said that his group analyzes “"every signal available to us to determine if Web pages are infected and are likely to be reinfected at a later date.”

Rondel says one of the biggest clues to figuring out whether or not a website has been hacked or is going to be hacked again is if there are potential vulnerabilities on the “container” hosting the web page. Malware distributors can exploit these vulnerabilities and then their malware can be spread to other URLs using the container.

Bing has said the work on making sure they are detecting hacked websites has led to an improvement in the accuracy of its detection tools. Bing now takes several factors into consideration, including the number of malicious URLs that are found in a container.

Cybercriminals are said to be relying on spreading this malicious advertising in order to snare the Web browsing public more than ever before. This malware is spreading to mobile websites faster than companies like Bing can keep up. Bing is hoping that its new algorithm will keep people from going to sites that are already infected and spreading the malware throughout the Web. The company has been working over the last couple of years in order to battle hackers and keep the Web safer for the rest of us. 




Edited by Maurice Nagle
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