Sophos Research Reveals Automated SEO Malware Distribution Techniques

IT security firm Sophos has conducted a new research which reveals the automated tools used by Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) hackers and how companies can protect themselves. Sophos said the business of using blackhat SEO techniques to impregnate legitimate sites has become a huge money-spinner for cybercriminals. Every day scores of new malicious campaigns are discovered taking advantage of the hottest news stories on the internet to spread malware; many of them profiting from high profile deaths and disasters.

Dubbed "Poisoned search results: How hackers have automated search engine poisoning attacks to distribute malware", the Sophos probing whitepaper analyses how attackers have created automated kits that use blackhat SEO methods, cynically exploiting tragic and salacious breaking news stories, to subvert legitimate websites for personal gain.

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