In the News: Web Infection Attacks Reputable Web Pages

It seems almost on cue, that the above article on Web infections appeared in the The Register yesterday. It's a perfect example of my previous blog article on why reputation doesn't solve the web filtering problem and can be a detriment to the organization. The article in the register points to two highly reputable websites that were infected with malware, the United Nations, and the UK Civil Service. The solution as I've reiterated a few times on this blog is to implement a proxy based web security system that checks and blocks embedded URL's and requests for redirection based on not only URL filtering but real time dynamic ratings when needed. And of course there's still the need to scan all web pages for viruses, so don't forget the anti-virus scanner for the web gateway.