Google SERP’s show malicious URL links. Cybercrooks continue to abuse the Web, boosting their ability to produce search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning so individuals using search engines such as Google increasingly are ending up with choices that are dangerous malware-laden URL links on the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Some 22.4 percent of Google searches done since June 2010 produced malicious URLs, typically leading to fake antivirus sites or malware-laden downloads as part of the top 100 search results, according to the Websense 2010 Threat Report published November 9. That is in comparison to 13.7 percent of Google searches having that outcome in the latter half of 2009, said the Websense senior manager of security research.
The rising level of SEO poisoning, also known as “Black Hat SEO,” shows that cybercriminals “are fine-tuning their activities and getting better at this,” he said, adding that although search engines such as Google work hard to try and stymie the Black Hat SEO effect, the trend is evident. The irony is that when it comes to getting infected by malware, the chances of that are now less risky at porn and adult content sites, historically viewed as a high source of malware (now at 21.8 percent) than just searching for less scandalous topics, such as news, IT, and entertainment.
Source: http://news.techworld.com/security/3248172/
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