Twitter’s new malware filter is a sign the social media site is stepping up efforts to stem attacks, but the measure has its shortcomings, say security experts. (more…)

If your Web site is one of the more than 170,000 sites on the Internet that Google has tagged as hosting malware, you have a place to turn–StopBadware.org.

On Saturday, an error at Google changed the display of search results so that every site on the Internet was listed as having malware for about an hour. After that happened, StopBadware.org’s site was hit with so much traffic–67,000 or 13 times the normal daily number–that it led to a denial of service that had the site offline for nearly an hour and a half. (more…)

We’re not quite sure what’s going on, but a couple of minutes ago any search result from Google started being flagged as malware with a message stating “This site may harm your computer”. Including Google’s own website as you can see above.

Twitter is abuzz with people reporting the massive error (also look for tags #googmayharm or #googmayhem), and it’s clear that this is happening around the world. Apparently, it’s happening with any browser on any platform too. (more…)