Trendy New Hack
Posted by Nathaniel R. Fox in Google, hackers, SEO, virus
In this information age hackers are always looking for ways to fool their prey, and this article describes one of their latest tricks. Hackers have now learned how to edit links that are indexed in search results in order to make them appear safe. Its called SEO poisoning, and the aim is to bring a user to a dangerous website that can install a virus on their computer. In a recent experimental study approximately 26% of search results returned by Google had poisoned URLs, and about 86% of sites established in Singapore had SEO poisoning. These results were all found in sites that were indexed by Google, so if the worlds greatest search engine is encountering these problems, then how much worse is this problem with less reputable search engines.
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