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WordPress Targeted with Clever SEO Injection Malware

A clever malware built for SEO injection – where a black hat loads up a webpage with spammy links, redirects and ad keywords, unbeknownst to the site owner – has been seen evading detection ... read more

SEO Poisoning Campaign Targets 8,500+ SMB Users with Malware Disguised as AI Tools

According to data compiled by Kaspersky, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are being increasingly targeted by cyber attacks that deliver malware disguised as popular AI and collaboration tools ... read more

Malware Redirects 15,000 Sites in Malicious SEO Campaign

Over 15,000 WordPress and other sites have been redirected to the spam Q&A sites, according to Sucuri. The hackers are using modified WordPress PHP files and, in some cases, their own PHP files to ... read more

Be careful where you click in Google search results - it could be damaging malware

Experts have uncovered a malicious campaign using SEO-optimized fake landing pages to deploy a malware loader called Oyster. Cybersecurity researchers Arctic Wolf found threat actors have created ... read more

How to Protect Your Website Against 2019’s Scariest Malware Threats

2. SEO Spam. SEO spam is another serious threat. This malicious software is installed on web servers to modify or create web pages that serve the spammer’s purposes. read more

Thousands of websites hijacked for posioned Google SEO campaign

Redirects to spam websites are hardly a novel approach to cybercrime, Sucuri’s researchers added. In fact, more than half (50%) of the malware the company cleaned up last year was SEO spam. read more

Cybercriminals promoting malware-friendly search engines

Three of the legitimately looking search engines have been in operation since January, 2009, and are operated by the same group of cybercriminals whose blackhat search engine optimization ... read more

LOL: BabaYaga WordPress Malware Updates Your Site - BleepingComputer

The malware per-se is comprised of two modules —one that injects the spam content inside the compromised sites, and a backdoor module that gives attackers control over an infected site at any time. read more

Report: 51% of web site hacks related to SEO spam - Search Engine Land

The report shows that 51.3 percent of all infection cases in 2018 were related to SEO spam campaigns, which is up 7.3 percent from the previous year, making it one of the fastest growing families ... read more

Millions of Docker repos found pushing malware, phishing sites

As JFrog security researchers found, around 20% of the 15 million repositories hosted by Docker Hub contained malicious content, ranging from spam to dangerous malware and phishing sites. read more

All that user-generated content? 95% is malware, spam

Malware is injected via "user-generated content," such as news items, posted links, and comments. Spotting a spam comment used to be quite easy, but separating the wheat from the chaff is becoming ... read more

Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack

see phishing tactics applied in malware attacks, and malware tactics applied to spamming attacks, making today's harmless spam site tomorrow's exploits serving one. read more