Hackers using SEO, claim experts
Hackers are increasingly using search engine optimisation (SEO) to attract people to websites containing malware, it has been revealed.
Sunbelt Software claimed that cybercriminals are exploiting people’s thirst for news by including keywords related to current affairs on malicious websites that contain trojans, which may concern IT outsourcing in London users.
Michael St Neitzel, the company’s vice president of threat research, commented: “Their sites place in the top hits in many online search engines when internet users go looking for current topics in the news.”
The organisation also revealed that ‘Brittany Murphy’, ‘chromium os download’, ‘ new year’s parades’, ‘Tiger Woods car crash’ and ‘Tiger Woods rumors’ were the most dangerous terms to search for in December, as they brought up results for websites which hosted malware.
McAfee Labs’ recent 2010 Threat Predictions report recent said that social networking websites and their third-party applications will become the preferred target for hackers launching malware attacks.