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August 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:23 PM/CST

Nearly 3 Million Fake YouTube Pages Found Leading to Rogue AV

Researchers at Zscaler have found nearly 3 million "Hot Video" Web pages indexed by Google that lead to rogue anti-virus.

March 9, 2010

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:00 PM/CST

Black Hat SEO Campaigns Claim 284 Top Terms in 7 Days

More than 284 top search terms were attacked over the past week with 6,600 malicious URLs, according to SonicWall.

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 28, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:56 PM/CST

Phony AV Now Stalking Google Image Search

Rogueware campaigns have now reached into Google Image search results, researchers report.

Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:05 AM/CST

Black Hat SEO Campaign Targets iPad

Rogue security software purveyors are using interest in the Apple iPad to trick users into visiting malicious sites.

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 5, 2010

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:23 AM/CST

Trojan Threats Ruled Roost in December

Trojan attacks were again the leading breed of malware threat surfacing during December, driven by SEO and social engineering.

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.

November 18, 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:18 PM/CST

Attackers Abuse Google to Push Rogueware

Security researchers at Cyveillance uncovered a massive attack abusing Google search results to direct users to sites hosting rogue antivirus software.

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.

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