Friday, May 21, 2010 8:46 PM/CST
Google has added SSL protection to its core search engine to protect search results and queries from being intercepted by a third party.
Friday, April 23, 2010 7:45 AM/CST
Attackers have moved to take advantage of people caught up in the McAfee AV update issue by launching poisoned SEO campaigns via Google.
Friday, February 19, 2010 7:34 AM/CST
Malware SEO gangs continue to refine their work and get their attacks in front of unsuspecting search engine users in a faster and more pervasive manner.
Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:55 AM/CST
The Stopbadware.org project has graduated from a university-backed effort to a full-time nonprofit, backed by its longtime partners Google, PayPal and Mozilla.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:03 AM/CST
Attackers are trying to lure Facebook users into infecting themsevles by circulating information about a nonexistent threat over the networking site in hopes that people go looking for information elsewhere and stumble upon poisoned URLs.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:14 PM/CST
Chinese search engine Baidu was taken down for a few hours Jan. 12 courtesy of the "Iranian Cyber Army," which in December claimed responsibility for an attack on Twitter.
Monday, December 28, 2009 8:04 AM/CST
Expect more of the same from attackers in 2010 after another record year for threats in 2009, security experts predict.
Monday, December 21, 2009 5:17 PM/CST
In yet another example of attackers poisoning search engine results, attackers are using the passing of actress Brittany Murphy to lure users to malicious sites.
Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:24 AM/CST
Attackers are now working to tailor new threats to online news trends on a daily basis using indicators including Google Trends.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 PM/CST
Targeted spam and non-phishing brand abuse lead the way in this month's spam report published by McAfee's AVERT Labs.