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Websense Security Labs Alert: Blackhat SEO poisoning attacks - Apple Tablet announcement
January 2010 by Websense
Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has discovered that search terms related to the forthcoming Apple Tablet announcement have already become the latest target for Blackhat SEO poisoning attacks.
In the lead up to Apple’s official announcement which is scheduled to happen today, there has been a great deal of anticipation and speculation over the Internet. As people become interested in finding more information on the product, related search terms are currently gaining momentum, and as they do so Blackhat SEO attacks are starting to climb up the search result listings.
The file in the rogue AV site has 30% detection rate. When the file is installed, it reports non-existent infections and disturbs the user with on going pop-ups. In order to "clean" the system the rogue program is offered for a price.
