Tag Archives: Black hat SEO

Mac OS X trojan Flashback earns $10,000 a day to it masters!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Prashant

Flashback Trojan was discovered in the wild, exploiting java vulnerabilities on Mac OS X operating systems. The malware brought downfall to the clear image of Apple’s operating system. The same java exploit was being incorporated into the infamous BlackHole exploit … Continue reading →

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Mac users getting infected from Flashback trojan

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Prashant

Apple’s Mac OS have always been assumed as safe and secure operating system. But in the last few years, security bugs and trojans have affected mac users and infections have increased tremendously. Mac anti-virus maker Intego is warning about new … Continue reading →

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ASP mass infection takes down 300,000 websites

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Prashant

Internet security research firm Armorize has spotted a search engine poisoning attack that has infected more than 300,000 websites. The websites relied on ASP or ASP.NET web application frameworks came under the attack vectors. A malicious script that points to … Continue reading →

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Rogue web browser gets back online

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Prashant

Yapbrowser, the browser that automatically redirected users to obscene and illegal websites was once again spotted roaming the internet. It seems to be new version and it still does the same nasty stuff as before. Yapbrowser first appeared in 2006, … Continue reading →

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Spammers actively using Google and Yahoo services

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Prashant

From mails to search engine, from online business to social networking, spammers have left nothing untouched. They have got entry in every field and have actively utilized web services to exploit netizens. Most of us would consider service emails from … Continue reading →

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Yahoo and Bing display malware ads

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Prashant

Black hat search engine optimization has been in the light for quite a long time. It is one of the most widely used techniques by malware authors and cyber criminals in spreading their malicious creation. According to GFI Labs blog, … Continue reading →

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Fake security software targets Mac users

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Prashant

The killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osma Bin Laden has led to widespread spam and search engine poisoning. Fake security software are being distributed by scammers in context of this news which is drawing a huge attention world wide. A new … Continue reading →

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Various exploit packs being sold in the underground market

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Prashant

Cyber crimes are on heights these days. Every day or two we get a news of an organization being hacked, a new trojan being spread etc. Moving from tradational criminal acts, criminals have started moving to the cyber space. Today, … Continue reading →

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Obama image search leads to scareware

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Prashant

Previously we had posted about Drive by cache attack- a new variant of drive by download attack being used by hackers to target net users. Stopping black hat SEO is becoming a new challenge these days. Security researchers from software … Continue reading →

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Mass SQL injection attack hits over 500,000 URLs

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Prashant

Security researchers from WebSense have detected a mass SQL injection (URL: hxxp:// attack which has infected around 500,00 pages and the count is still going on. Use of scarewares, fake security softwares by cyber criminals is being seen behind the … Continue reading →

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