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Black(hat) Friday

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  20 November 09 10:01     If you plan on shopping online for "Black Friday", or "Cyber Monday", you might be in for more than you bargained for. Cyber criminals behind the Rogueware epidemic have their blackhat SEO campaigns optimized to take advantage of deal

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Blackhat SEO Aggressively Targets Halloween Related Keywords

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  28 October 09 01:00     Cyber criminals behind the Rogueware epidemic have been hard at work in poisoning search results to increase traffic to their campaign sites. Today, we identified a new Blackhat SEO campaign, which is currently targeting Halloween related keywords aggressively.

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Blackhat SEO Campaign Targets 2009 Nobel Prize Winner

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  09 October 09 02:20     We’ve identified a new Blackhat SEO campaign today which targets President Obama as the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner among a thousand or so other search terms. Clicking on a malicious search result yields the typical Rogueware campaign. Search

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Rogueware with new Ransomware Technology™

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  08 October 09 01:05     The criminals behind Rogueware attacks are becoming increasingly aggressive in their approach to make money. We recently stumbled across a sample ( Adware/TotalSecurity2009 ) which uses a ransomware technique to improve its sales. Once the computer becomes

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Rogueware distributors use Skype

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  05 October 09 12:41     Rogueware distributors are like the cockroaches of the Internet; they’re everywhere. Malicious search results, online advertisements, and iframe hijacked sites are the typical distribution methods, but every once in a while we come across an interesting

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Blackhat SEO continues to ravage search results

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  23 September 09 01:26     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

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Blackhat SEO Attack Targets Obama's Speech

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  10 September 09 01:52     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

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Rogueware Demo: Online Antivirus

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  05 September 09 03:51     Rogueware authors continue to push the limits when tricking innocent users into infecting themselves. In this video example, we demonstrate the audio and visual cues used in a scareware campaign.

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Be Careful With Your Search Results

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  01 September 09 07:29     Update: Learn about the latest BHSEO attack here. 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

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Are Cyber Criminals Targeting Local Events In Your City?

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  27 August 09 11:36     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.

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