Latest SEO Poisoning news

Content farm impersonates 60+ major news outlets, like BBC, CNN, CNBC

BleepingComputer has discovered a content farm operating some 60+ domains named after popular media outlets, including the BBC, CNBC, CNN, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Guardian, and Washington Post, among others. These sites build SEO for their online gambling ventures and sell "press release" slots at hefty prices.
- Ax Sharma
- March 02, 2024
- 11:31 AM
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Hackers exploit 14-year-old CMS editor on govt, edu sites for SEO poisoning

Threat actors are exploiting a CMS editor discontinued 14 years ago to compromise education and government entities worldwide to poison search results with malicious sites or scams.
- Bill Toulas
- February 26, 2024
- 02:59 PM
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Google ads push BumbleBee malware used by ransomware gangs

The enterprise-targeting Bumblebee malware is distributed through Google Ads and SEO poisoning that promote popular software like Zoom, Cisco AnyConnect, ChatGPT, and Citrix Workspace.
- Bill Toulas
- April 22, 2023
- 10:08 AM
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Gootkit malware abuses VLC to infect healthcare orgs with Cobalt Strike

The Gootkit loader malware operators are running a new SEO poisoning campaign that abuses VLC Media Player to infect Australian healthcare entities with Cobalt Strike beacons.
- Bill Toulas
- January 11, 2023
- 12:24 PM
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Google Search results poisoned with torrent sites via Data Studio

Threat actors are abusing Google's Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio) to boost search engine rankings for their illicit websites that promote spam, torrents, and pirated content.
- Ax Sharma
- November 18, 2022
- 09:03 AM
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Poisoned CCleaner search results spread information-stealing malware

Malware that steals your passwords, credit cards, and crypto wallets is being promoted through search results for a pirated copy of the CCleaner Pro Windows optimization program.
- Bill Toulas
- June 08, 2022
- 09:52 AM
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Hundreds of GoDaddy-hosted sites backdoored in a single day

Internet security analysts have spotted a spike in backdoor infections on WordPress websites hosted on GoDaddy's Managed WordPress service, all featuring an identical backdoor payload.
- Bill Toulas
- March 16, 2022
- 01:22 PM
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SEO poisoning pushes malware-laced Zoom, TeamViewer, Visual Studio installers

A new SEO poisoning campaign is underway, dropping the Batloader and Atera Agent malware onto the systems of targeted professionals searching for productivity tool downloads, such as Zoom, TeamViewer, and Visual Studio.
- Bill Toulas
- February 02, 2022
- 09:46 AM
- 0
Ransomware gangs use SEO poisoning to infect visitors

Researchers have spotted two campaigns linked to either the REvil ransomware gang or the SolarMarker backdoor that use SEO poisoning to serve payloads to targets.
- Bill Toulas
- October 28, 2021
- 09:02 AM
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Microsoft: SEO poisoning used to backdoor targets with malware

Microsoft is tracking a series of attacks that use SEO poisoning to infect targets with a remote access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing the victims' sensitive info and backdooring their systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 14, 2021
- 12:30 PM
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SEO Poisoning Campaign Targeting U.S. Midterm Election Keywords

A new SEO poisoning campaign has been discovered that is targeting keywords associated with the U.S. midterm elections. Users who are enticed to visit these pages will then be redirected to a variety of scam sites, adult sites, and sites pushing unwanted software.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 17, 2018
- 11:00 AM
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