Blackhat SEO Attack Targets Obama’s Speech
Using search engines to browse the Internet these days is a dangerous endeavor. Cyber criminals are keen on gaming search engine algorithms and are able to quickly divert innocent news seekers to malicious websites. Today, WIRED reported that cyber criminals were targeting a highly anticipated Dan Brown novel, but the target and scope is much [...]
SpyZooka Rids Systems of the Rogue Anti-Spyware XP Defender (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The award winning SpyZooka removes spyware like XP Defender, adware, hijackers, Trojan horse and other security threats.source
Be Careful With Your Search Results
Blackhat SEO (BHSEO) is currently one of the most prevalent distribution methods for Malware on the Internet. It’s also one of the most dangerous methods because of the user-implied trust in search results. A Forrester research study conducted in 2008 showed that 50 percent of Internet users trust content delivered by search engines. It’s no [...]
Are Cyber Criminals Targeting Local Events In Your City?
Panda Security has a California based office in Los Angeles. We are located in close proximity to two ongoing wildfires in the Angeles Crest National Forrest that have now burned through at least 30 acres, so naturally we have been keeping an eye on it. To my surprise, I pulled up a Google search for [...]
CNET Download.com not so ‘spyware-free’ (ZDNet)
On its home page, CNET’s Download.com promises that all software available on the site “has been tested to ensure it’s 100% free of spyware, viruses, and other malware.” Â Â Unfortunately, there appears to be a kink in the system that allows the display of a known adware program called…source