Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:37 AM cmosby

SANS Internet Storm Center - Google Search Campaign

I have been hearing a lot about this yesterday and today, sounds like it is getting ugly…

 

Published: 2007-11-28,
Last Updated: 2007-11-28 15:07:23 UTC
by Mari Kirby Nichols (Version: 1)

Computerworld is reporting a "large scale, coordinated campaign to steer users toward malware-spewing Websites from Google search results is under way."  

  • They are quoting approximately 40,000 pages may be hosting malware. 
  • 27  different domains are involved.
  • Each with up to 1499 malicious pages.
  • Tactics Used per Sunbelt:
    • "comment spam" - bots hide in comment sections with links
    • "blog spam" -bogus blog posts
    • plug links into any web form requesting a link

Please let us know if you are seeing this activity via our contact page.

Thanks, Mari Nichols

Source: SANS Internet Storm Center; Cooperative Network Security Community - Internet Security - isc

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