Blackhat SEO continues to ravage search results

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September 23, 2009

Every day cyber criminals are exploiting search engines to display high ranking malicious search results. Targeting hot topics allows for cyber criminals to improve infection rates for their money making Rogueware (pdf) schemes. Below is an example of the attack we observed today. Most targeted search terms:Dallas CowboysNFLSchoolEmmy AwardsAutumn Equinox (Mabon)AtlantaNews..The full list of targeted keywords can be downloaded here: BlackhatSEO3.txt Sample search result: Redirection to fake security (Rogueware) site: Rogueware: Adware/PCDefender Tag cloud of targeted terms:
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