The techniques used by unloveable rogues who automate search engine
manipulation attacks themed around breaking news to sling scareware
have been unpicked by new research. Read the full article. [The Register]
The techniques used by unloveable rogues who automate search engine
manipulation attacks themed around breaking news to sling scareware
have been unpicked by new research. Read the full article. [The Register]
The FBI has warned consumers about a rash of phony websites posing as government services.
The head of Google’s Web spam team says that the company has pushed warning messages to some 20,000 Web site owners that their sites may be compromised and are performing “weird” redirections, possibly to malicious Web sites.
Researchers have found a new black hat SEO campaign that is being used to redirect users to links that will install the Black Hole exploit kit. The attack is based on searches for, of all things, Shia Labeouf, and leads users through a forest of redirects before plopping them on the compromised site.
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