Web attack that poisons Google gets worse

From IDG News Service (Robert McMillan)
A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergence Response Team warned [us-cert.gov] on Monday.

The attack, which has intensified in recent days, can be found on several thousand legitimate Web sites, according to security experts. It targets known flaws in Adobe’s software and uses them to install a malicious program on victims’ machines, CERT said. Read the full story [cio.com]

From IDG News Service (Robert McMillan)

A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergence Response Team warned [us-cert.gov] on Monday.

The attack, which has intensified in recent days, can be found on several thousand legitimate Web sites, according to security experts. It targets known flaws in Adobe’s software and uses them to install a malicious program on victims’ machines, CERT said. Read the full story [cio.com]

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