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Most owners of compromised websites don't know how their sites got hacked into and only 6 percent detect the malicious activity on their own, according to a report released by StopBadware and Commtouch on Thursday.

The new "Compromised Websites: An Owner's Perspective" report is based on a survey of over 600 website administrators and owners that was carried out over several months by security vendor Commtouch and StopBadware, a nonprofit organization that helps webmasters identify, remediate and prevent website compromises.

The leading cause of website compromises appears to be outdated content management software (CMS). This was indicated as a reason for their websites being hacked by 20 percent of respondents.

Twelve percent of webmasters said that a computer used to update their website was infected with malware, 6 percent said that their credentials were stolen credentials, and 2 percent admitted logging in while using wireless networks or public PCs. However, 63 percent of respondents didn't know how their websites got compromised.

The CMS platform most commonly installed on compromised websites was WordPress, as indicated by 28 percent of respondents. However, WordPress accounts for over 50 percent of the entire CMS market according to data from w3techs.com, so the rate between hacked WordPress websites and the platform's actual install base is better than that of other CMS platforms like Joomla or osCommerce.

Almost half of respondents -- 49 percent -- learned that their websites had been compromised through browser or search engine alerts. Eighteen percent were notified by their colleagues or friends, 10 percent by a security organization and 7 percent by their hosting provider. Only 6 percent of respondents discovered the compromise on their own by noticing suspicious or increased activity on their websites, the report said.

A third of respondents didn't know how their websites had been abused after being hacked. Those that did know pointed to the hosting of malware and rogue redirect scripts as being the most common forms of abuse -- 25 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Many webmasters -- 46 percent -- managed to fix the compromise on their own, using information available on help forums and other websites. Twenty percent fixed the problem by following instructions received from security companies and 14 percent with the help of their hosting providers.

However, more than a quarter of respondents indicated that their websites remained compromised after trying several approaches.

Overall, 28 percent of webmasters said that they are considering switching Web hosting providers after their hacking experience. The survey found that webmasters were three times more likely to consider leaving Web hosting providers that charged extra for helping them address the problem or refused to provide support.

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Most Webmasters Don't Know How Their Websites Got Hacked, Report Says

by Wesley Epperson

Since doing business or other activities online is becoming popular. You need to learn and create your own website. One of the famous open source content management system (CMS) is Joomla. It is free and everyone interested to use it may use it with no charge. Joomla is easy to use and has flexible features. It can help create websites for your personal use, company, and organization.

One of the capabilities of Joomla is its support in creating friendly websites and search engines tools. Readers can achieve an easy reading experience without the presence of query strings and tables in the URLs. Installing and operating Joomla is as easy as making maintenance to your website. Unlike other CMS, Joomla is easy to operate since even those who are new to the websites can easily learn how to manage the sites like editing, deleting web pages, and organizing information.

Affordability is not a question when using Joomla. It can provide you with excellent and ideal web solutions. The multi-lingual features of Joomla help users learn web content syndicaton and scheduling of page displays. If you want to create forums and galleries for your picture collection, Joomla can be an excellent choice for you. Due to its increasing numbers of users and membership around the world, Joomla continues to become popular. If you are wishing to develop galleries and calendar in the form of website, you can rely on Joomla since it can help you in terms of content syndication and scheduling of content display. In terms of downloading and uploading files, users find it easier to do so with Joomla.

The layout and design of Joomla web page can be customized with ease and convenience. You can find options and various templates and used them to meet your needs. Since Joomla utilizes basic templates when developing websites, its users experience speed in loading web pages. It is said that these websites are suitable and ideal for those who run small businesses. You can easily alter and modify the appearance of the website while maintaining its important information. Another vital feature of Joomla is its capability to support various languages which is not present in some CMS. It can also work on various computer operating systems like Windows, Linux or Unix. According to its creator, Joomla has a centralized databased where all its components are kept. It is also capable of operating in a remote website using a typical browser. You can also have an easy and convenient way of maintaining the website.

If you are serious on publishing your content and blogs online, Joomla has all the ways you can use. To summarize, Joomla has the capabilities which other CMS don't have. You can creat website for free, customize and give it unique appearance. With Joomla various features, you can access all its elements and plugins to develop your own unique and amazing website. All these capabilities and features of Joomla will help you enhance your online presence with ease of posting your content and information to your website.

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The White House

22 March 2012 0900 hours

Look Barry, the Republicans have been crawling all over Iowa. They are painting you as the worst underachiever since unsliced bread. You can't just sit there on TV doing NCAA brackets. You better go to Iowa and make some happy talk about an economic comeback pronto if you want to be re-elected.

"I've told you to call me Barack. If people wanted to vote for a Barry, Manilow would be sitting here now."

Okay Barry, whatever you say, but you still have to go to Iowa. We have to find you a county fair and one of those Main Street cafes that are also gas stations and funeral parlors. Some people in coveralls. Voters eat that stuff up.

"Come on guys. Have you been to Iowa in county fair season? Do you know how hard it is to get sweat out of mocha slacks? I'm from Hawaii, Indonesia, L.A., Chicago, New York and Washington D.C., man. I wouldn't know a heifer from a billy goat. Don't they have any Main Street cafes in Martha's Vinyard or Honolulu?"

Not really. Besides, Iowans are too polite to tell you what they really think of the job government is doing. We're counting on that. We also just blew $2.2 million in taxpayers' money for these customized tour buses that we bought off Bon Jovi. If we don't use them, it's going to be tough to convince people they need to pay us more taxes. Of course, we also have to convince them that we're not campaigning on this campaign tour, we're just 'listening.'"

"Fine. But if we're going to do this tour thing, we're going to need a new theme song. How about some Elvis? They love Elvis and Patsy Cline and all that stuff down in Iowa."

"Sorry, Barry, Michele Bachmann already tried The King. You'll have to think of something else."

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TOULOUSE, France (CNN) -

The French police siege to capture a suspected al Qaeda-trained militant came to a bloody end Thursday morning when commandos shot Mohammed Merah in the head as he fired wildly back at them, authorities said.

Merah emerged from a bathroom in his apartment and fired more than 30 shots at police as they burst in to end a standoff that had lasted more than 31 hours, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.

He jumped out a window onto a balcony, still shooting, and was found dead on the ground, officials said.

Two police officers were injured in the raid, Interior Minister Claude Gueant said.

Merah had only two bullets left in his gun when he was killed, Molins said.

Merah, 23, was wanted in the killings of three French paratroopers, a rabbi and three children ages 4, 5, and 7. The shootings began March 11 and ended Monday with the slaying of the rabbi and the children at a Jewish school in Toulouse.

Authorities said the young man cited a variety of reasons for the killings, including France's ban on the wearing of Islamic veils, the missions of its troops abroad and the oppression of Palestinians.

Police found video recordings of the attacks, ammunition and ingredients for explosives after he was killed, Molins said.

In the video of the first shooting of a French soldier in Toulouse, Merah told the soldier, "You kill my brothers, I kill you," Molins told reporters. Another video shows Merah gunning down two more French soldiers in Montauban. He is heard saying "Allahu Akbar," or God is great, Molins said.

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Words matter.

Nowhere is this more true than in the newspaper industry, where precise language is our most powerful tool.

Thats why a discussion in our newsroom this past week centered on whether we should change a style rule we follow in writing about immigration to allow use of the term "illegal immigrant" instead of or in addition to the term "undocumented immigrant."

Our rule defining use of the terms merited discussion for two reasons:

First, the Associated Press Stylebook, which The Salt Lake Tribune and most news organizations use, recently updated its rule to advise journalists to use "illegal immigrant" to "describe someone who has entered a country illegally or who resides in a country in violation of civil or criminal law." According to the AP rule, "illegal alien" is not an acceptable term and "illegal" and "undocumented" should not be used as nouns outside direct quotes.

The second reason for our discussion was that the terminology made headlines when the First United Methodist Church earlier this month passed a resolution directing members not to use "illegal" when describing immigrants in sermons, services and church publications. The Methodists are among those who believe describing immigrants as "illegal" is dehumanizing and insensitive.

In the end, we decided both terms are acceptable in The Tribune and at sltrib.com. Heres why: Both are precise language we believe accurately describes individuals immigration status if they are in the United States or any other country illegally. It is incumbent on our reporters and editors to verify immigration status to the extent they are able before using either term, and as always to report on immigration issues accurately and fairly.

This style rule means we choose not to engage in the political debate raging over use of these terms.

We define "illegal" as the AP defines it.

We define "undocumented" as lacking a birth certificate, passport, visa, work permit or other document required to reside in the United States or another country legally.

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