Paul Baccas, a senior threat analyst at SophosLabs, said that believing a more basic website is less dangerous than a complex one is a 'foolhardy' stance.
The specialist's comments follow the publication of a report by Microsoft, with the company announcing a crackdown on a botnet known as Waledac.
According to the IT giant, the operation, known internally as Operation b49, was one of the ten largest in the US and responsible for distributing spam emails all over the planet.
'The security of a site is much more impacted by the security of the server hosting the site, rather than its content. The most sensible steps are to follow established best practices. For instance, secure and hard to crack passwords,' Mr Baccas said.
He added that it is easy to avert the threat of malware by ensuring that any entry points in the company's website are plugged and secure.
The specialist's comments follow the publication of a report by Microsoft, with the company announcing a crackdown on a botnet known as Waledac.
According to the IT giant, the operation, known internally as Operation b49, was one of the ten largest in the US and responsible for distributing spam emails all over the planet.
'The security of a site is much more impacted by the security of the server hosting the site, rather than its content. The most sensible steps are to follow established best practices. For instance, secure and hard to crack passwords,' Mr Baccas said.
He added that it is easy to avert the threat of malware by ensuring that any entry points in the company's website are plugged and secure.
