Author Topic: Malcreants also have detected how SEO can help their malvertising campaigns!  (Read 1305 times)

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Malversants, especially those (l)earning on fraudulous clicks and via SEO spam have now also detected the strength of search engine optimalization to enhance the success of their malcreation campaigns.
See for instance  links like: http://www.keywordspy.com/organic/domain.aspx?q=irenelawoffice.com#/tab=domain-competitors
See those on lists like this one: http://www.infiltrated.net/blacklisted
Analyze your urlquery dot net IDS alerts and  resources like this one: http://www.knujon.com/#spam (and abuse)
Read this: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/23/fbi-announces-international-cyberbusts-scareware-peddlers-and-malvertisers-taken-out/
(link article author Sophos' Paul Ducklin)

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