Japan earthquake unleashes web scams, malware 

Japan earthquake unleashes web scams, malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 14 March 2011 10:03 AM
Cybercriminals profit out of tragedy.
Beware 'I heart U' spam 

Beware 'I heart U' spam

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 February 2011 11:31 AM
Valentine's Day attacks may steal your identity or install malware on your PC.
FBI raids dozens of Anons over DDoS attacks 

FBI raids dozens of Anons over DDoS attacks

In Hackers - 31 January 2011 11:51 AM
Anonymous denounces arrests in Britain.
Senators accuse Google of "phishing for profit" 

Senators accuse Google of "phishing for profit"

In Risk - 29 October 2010 1:59 PM
Senate Committee points to double standard.
Google's Instant search facility leads to malicious results 

Google's Instant search facility leads to malicious results

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 15 September 2010 2:41 PM
Greater potential for SEO poisoning?
Google offers encrypted search with 'https' site 

Google offers encrypted search with 'https' site

In Web/client - 25 May 2010 10:09 AM
Google promises private browsing via SSL page.
Cyber criminals quick to pounce on McAfee crash story 

Cyber criminals quick to pounce on McAfee crash story

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 23 April 2010 10:20 AM
Blackhat SEO techniques could lead to scareware infections.
Google blames China for search block 

Google blames China for search block

In Web/client - By Spencer Dalziel, 1 April 2010 12:51 PM
Relations deteriorate as Google identifies 'change in the great firewall'.
Google mobile services blocked in China 

Google mobile services blocked in China

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 31 March 2010 9:37 AM
Declines to rule out deliberate intervention.
Google Hong Kong site already being censored 

Google Hong Kong site already being censored

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 26 March 2010 9:37 AM
Move to evade Chinese censors only partially successful.
China's state press takes a stab at Google 

China's state press takes a stab at Google

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 23 March 2010 9:55 AM
Search firm accused of enforcing American norms on China.
Google hints at detente in China standoff 

Google hints at detente in China standoff

In Web/client - By Rosalie Marshall, 16 February 2010 2:20 PM
Search giant says it will give negotiations a couple of years.
Haiti dominates spam headlines in January 

Haiti dominates spam headlines in January

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 15 February 2010 2:16 PM
Earthquake scams abound as users seek to donate.
Top search results riddled with malware 

Top search results riddled with malware

In Applications - By David Neal, 8 February 2010 10:02 AM
Misplaced trust.
Google digs heels in over censorship 

Google digs heels in over censorship

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 1 February 2010 1:10 PM
Schmidt restates web giant's opposition to Chinese policy.
Mystery app plagues Facebook users 

Mystery app plagues Facebook users

In Messaging - 29 January 2010 11:41 AM
Hackers target social networking site again.
Google stands alone on censorship decision 

Google stands alone on censorship decision

In Web/client - By Rosalie Marshall, 18 January 2010 10:00 AM
Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco distance themselves.
Haiti quake expected to lead to fraud and spread malware 

Haiti quake expected to lead to fraud and spread malware

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 14 January 2010 11:28 AM
Internet scams already appearing.
Hackers take China's Baidu offline 

Hackers take China's Baidu offline

In Web/client - By Rosalie Marshall, 13 January 2010 11:42 AM
Political motivations remain confusing.
New ransomware variant features novel payment scheme 

New ransomware variant features novel payment scheme

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 3 November 2009 12:05 PM
Utilises SEO poisoning.
Malicious links detected on Microsoft Security Essentials searches 

Malicious links detected on Microsoft Security Essentials searches

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 2 October 2009 11:10 AM
Websites serve up rogue AV.
Rogue AV scam targets Google users 

Rogue AV scam targets Google users

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 23 September 2009 11:10 AM
Utilises PageRank feature.
Patrick Swayze's death kicks off new spam campaign 

Patrick Swayze's death kicks off new spam campaign

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 16 September 2009 3:12 PM
More celebrity death SEO poisoning.
Serena Williams meltdown is latest poisoned search attack 

Serena Williams meltdown is latest poisoned search attack

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 15 September 2009 11:38 AM
Hackers continue to use a tried-and-true tactic to infect internet users: poisoned search results.
Malware writers piggyback on 9/11 anniversary 

Malware writers piggyback on 9/11 anniversary

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 14 September 2009 10:17 AM
SEO poisoning reaches new low.
Koobface spreading through thousands of IP addresses 

Koobface spreading through thousands of IP addresses

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 2 September 2009 10:45 AM
Worm continues to use SEO tactics.
Bing in the dock over rogue pharmacy site ads 

Bing in the dock over rogue pharmacy site ads

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 7 August 2009 11:02 AM
Report alleges that Microsoft-sponsored links direct users to illegal sites.
Malware served up thanks to solar eclipse 

Malware served up thanks to solar eclipse

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 27 July 2009 3:15 PM
In a reprise of an old trick, cybercriminals are using SEO poisoning to attract victims to a rogue software site, according to Trend Micro.
Google mistook MJ searches for net attack 

Google mistook MJ searches for net attack

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 29 June 2009 10:19 AM
Web giant admits search error.
McAfee documents riskiest search terms 

McAfee documents riskiest search terms

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 1 June 2009 11:41 AM
A McAfee study into 2,600 of the most popular keyword searches on the web has concluded that hunts for screensavers present the most risk.
Twitter under attack again 

Twitter under attack again

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 21 April 2009 10:04 AM
A new scam has emerged affecting users of the popular Twitter micro-blogging site, while security experts reported that hackers are taking advantage of heightened public ...
Rogue product ads on F-Secure, McAfee, Trend Micro searches 

Rogue product ads on F-Secure, McAfee, Trend Micro searches

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 20 April 2009 11:15 AM
Google searches for a number of security products and vendors -- including F-Secure, Norton, McAfee and Trend Micro -- have yielded advertisements with links to rogue products.
Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results 

Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results

In Applications - 30 March 2009 11:12 AM
Cybercriminals have begun using Easter-related websites to intercept search engine optimisation.
Malware takes to Google search 

Malware takes to Google search

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 27 February 2009 2:23 PM
Malware distributors are taking advantage of Google trends to earn top billing for their pages, according to security experts.
Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet and 'Frost Nixon' are among the most malicious searched terms as the Oscars approach 

Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet and 'Frost Nixon' are among the most malicious searched terms as the Oscars approach

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 18 February 2009 10:43 AM
Searching for this year's Oscar nominees can lead to malicious sites, according to McAfee, with Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet and Frost Nixon the most dangerous.
Google glitch puts surfers in a quandary 

Google glitch puts surfers in a quandary

In Web/client - By Sylvie Barak, 3 February 2009 11:03 AM
A glitch at Google in which every site on the internet was labeled as potentially harmful to users' computers has been blamed on human error.
Google Video searches lead to malicious site 

Google Video searches lead to malicious site

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 3 February 2009 10:38 AM
Cybercriminals have begun using Google Video to help deliver victims to their doorstep.
Google working on fix for clickjacking vulnerability in Chrome 

Google working on fix for clickjacking vulnerability in Chrome

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 February 2009 11:03 AM
A researcher has shown that the Google Chrome web browser can succumb to clickjacking.
Chinese scammers launch new offensive  

Chinese scammers launch new offensive

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 8 September 2008 9:32 AM
Chinese scammers are using search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques to subvert company details.
Hackers step up search results attack 

Hackers step up search results attack

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 1 April 2008 9:24 AM
A malware attack targeting search engine results is continuing to haunt several high-profile sites..
Trend Micro patches online search after hack  

Trend Micro patches online search after hack

In Web/client - 17 March 2008 2:59 PM
Trend Micro has updated and patched its online public Virus Encyclopedia (VE) after external hackers altered part of the listing.
Search terms lead to compromised sites, Google cleans database 

Search terms lead to compromised sites, Google cleans database

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 28 November 2007 3:55 PM
Beware when searching for presents this Christmas, cybercriminals have ramped up their Web attacks campaign using simple search terms such as “christmas gift shopping” to serve ...
Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming 

Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 18 May 2007 10:04 AM
A hacker using the alias "Mustlive" announced this week that June will feature the next month-long vulnerability disclosure project, this one dedicated to search engine bugs.
Google tweaks search privacy protection 

Google tweaks search privacy protection

In Risk - By Matt Chapman, 16 March 2007 10:44 AM
Information will become anonymous 18 to 24 months after a search is carriedout.
Officials in US city search for lost computer tapes 

Officials in US city search for lost computer tapes

In Crypto - By Frank Washkuch, 24 January 2007 4:16 PM
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Kansas City officials are searching for lost agency computer tapes that may have been missing for as long as two months.
Google search device flaw leaves sites open to phishing attacks 

Google search device flaw leaves sites open to phishing attacks

In Web/client - By Ericka Chickowski, 29 November 2006 9:00 AM
Hackers and security experts made public a vulnerability in Google's search appliances that is leaving hundreds of major organisations such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...
'Spyware' trumps 'poker' to top search charts 

'Spyware' trumps 'poker' to top search charts

In Web/client - By Clement James, 17 November 2006 9:58 AM
The term 'spyware' has stormed to the top of the search charts, replacing previous favourites such as 'Pamela Anderson' and 'poker', and reflecting a growing awareness of IT ...
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