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May 21, 2010

Friday, May 21, 2010 8:46 PM/CST

Google Adds SSL Encryption to Search

Google has added SSL protection to its core search engine to protect search results and queries from being intercepted by a third party.

April 23, 2010

Friday, April 23, 2010 7:45 AM/CST

SEO Poisoning Piggybacks on McAfee Update Glitch

Attackers have moved to take advantage of people caught up in the McAfee AV update issue by launching poisoned SEO campaigns via Google.

February 19, 2010

Friday, February 19, 2010 7:34 AM/CST

Malware SEO Model Maturing

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.

January 30, 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:55 AM/CST

StopBadware Researchers Graduate from Harvard

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.

January 28, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:03 AM/CST

Unnamed App Stalks Facebook Users

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.

January 12, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:14 PM/CST

Chinese Search Engine Baidu Hit in Attack

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.

December 28, 2009

Monday, December 28, 2009 8:04 AM/CST

Experts: More Malware Socializing in 2010

Expect more of the same from attackers in 2010 after another record year for threats in 2009, security experts predict.

December 21, 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009 5:17 PM/CST

Brittany Murphy Searches Yield Malicious Results

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.

November 5, 2009

Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:24 AM/CST

Malware SEO: Gaming Google Trends and Big Bird

Attackers are now working to tailor new threats to online news trends on a daily basis using indicators including Google Trends.

October 13, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 PM/CST

Hot Spam: Targeted Phishing, Brand-Jacking

Targeted spam and non-phishing brand abuse lead the way in this month's spam report published by McAfee's AVERT Labs.

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