http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200790 By Tim Wilson DarkReading Nov 11, 2010 Which search is more likely to yield malware: a child's research for a school current events project or a male's search for nude photos of Paris Hilton? The answer may surprise you. According to the newly-published Websense 2010 Threat Report, a Web search that seeks breaking trends and current news may lead to poisoned or infected websites 22.4 percent of the time. Searching for objectionable content results in such poisoning only 21.8 percent of the time. "'Searchers beware!' could have been the new motto [in 2010], as hackers spent a lot of time compromising legitimate websites," the report says. "News headlines and entertainment buzz continued to be a choice target for SEO [search engine optimization] attacks. Rogue antivirus combined with SEO poisoning was a commonly used technique. "Malware authors focused on entertainment buzz and breaking news," the report continues. "The earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, Corey Haim’s death, and the World Cup of Soccer were just a few examples of cleverly manipulated search engine results steering people to bogus links that rated higher than legitimate results. Similar to what we found in 2009, the botnets behind these campaigns are being repurposed once the illegitimate campaign has been removed from the search engine results." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:27:35 PST
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