Last week at Pubcon, Google's Matt Cutts said that Google was working on the next generation of hacked site detection during his keynote. Google has announced some updates today in the way they communicate with webmasters.
There is a brand new section within Google Webmaster Tools that now
offers a portal for "Security Issues" to allow webmasters to not only be
alerted when they have a security issue or evidence that a site has
been hacked, but also give more detailed information on the nature of
the issue.
The new Security Issues area will list sites and pages that Google
believes has been hacked with malware or spam. It will include specific
URLs, including the problem code snippets from the site if relevant, and
the date Google last detected the issue. The date will be especially
helpful if a site is attempting to clean up from a mass hacked site
problem, and need a check to see if the problem really has been fixed.
Google will also detail the type of malware, such as whether it was a
website template injection, a SQL injection, or a malware code
injection. If it was a spam issue, they will include sample URLs which
contain the spam, with the alert of it being a content injection.
Having this level of details about the type of issue will go a long
way to helping webmasters, particularly those who are in the novice side
of webmaster skills, to determine how the issue happened, and what they
need to look at in order to fix it. Some webmasters with a WordPress
blog might not be able to tell the difference between an SQL injection
or if it was an injection coming from a template or plugin.
When available, webmasters can then click the specific issues to get
even more details, such as exact code snippets Google has detected as
well as the recommended actions on how to fix the spam or malware issue.
It also reminds users to fetch a page as a Googlebot, in case the
spammy content has been hidden through CSS, if they aren’t able to see
it on the page when they look at it.
Lastly, it is easier for webmasters to request a review once they
have cleaned up any spam or malware issues. On the same Security Issues
page, there is a button where webmasters can easily request a review.
This is especially helpful because sites with malware have a "This
site may harm your computer" warning alerting potential visitors that
Google advises searchers to not visit the site. So after the webmaster
checks a box confirming the issues have been fixed, the review request
can be submitted.
This new change to Webmaster Tools will definitely be helpful to all
webmasters who have faced having to fix a site after it has been hacked,
especially for those who might not be as tech savvy as others, and then
make it easy for a site to recover in Google.
Source Link:- http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2304039/Google-Webmaster-Tools-Now-Highlights-Security-Issues
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