Malware Alert: Please Update Your Expired Dropbox Password

If you use Dropbox for your own purposes or while working with us on a project, be advised about a new scam email with a subject “Please Update Your Expired Dropbox Password.” If you open it, do not click on any links. The link will take you to a hacked web site that distributes malware.

Stay safe, go directly to Dropbox.com if you need to make any changes to your account.

Source: Dynamoo’s Blog

New first stop for hacked site recovery

Google just introduced the new Help for hacked sites informational series. It’s a dozen articles and over an hour of videos dedicated to helping webmasters in the unfortunate event that their site is compromised.

The series give practical advise on how to build a support team, quaranteen the hacked web site, touch base with Google Web master Tools, asses the damage, identify the vulnerability, clean the site, and request the review from Google.