Brittany Murphy Searches Yield Malicious Results
The death of 32-year-old actress Brittany Murphy Dec. 20 has touched off a flurry of malicious activity, with attackers looking to take advantage of anyone looking for information about her death. According to McAfee, the following searches have been yielding questionable results: Brittany Murphy dies This type of search result poisoning is nothing new. After the earthquake hit Samoa a few months ago, security vendor AVG Technologies reported that attackers were able to get links to their malicious sites in Google's top 10 search results in just 24 hours. "The bad guys have been using celebrity deaths and natural disasters as a successful lure for most of this year," Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications for McAfee Labs, warned in a blog post Dec. 21. "The words 'Brittany' and 'Murphy' along with related event words are trending very high in Google Trends and Tweetcloud currently. This means the bad guys will be using it as a lure because users are already searching for information on the subject. Make sure you are aware of the trend and stay one step ahead of them!" |
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I've known Brittany Murphy since I worked with her on Clueless and continued to be acquainted with her over the past several years. She is a lovely young woman, full of grace, kindness and was a ray of sunshine on every movie set or charity event that I've ever encountered with her. I'm deeply saddened and shocked by her death. I'm also angry at the insensitive comments left by some anonymous people accusing her of drug use. Brittany has had health issues in the past. Authorities agree that it "APPEARS" that she died of natural causes. I would ask that posters please show compassion. I would ask that people be respectful of the family, especially her fantastic mother, Sharon. My prayers go out to Brittany and her loved ones during this horrible tragedy.
God bless you Brittany, you are already tremendously loved and missed.
Respectfully,
Cheryl Shuman
Executive Director
Beverly Hills NORML90210
http://www.NORML90210.org
Posted by Cheryl Shuman | December 22, 2009 5:05 AM