Wednesday, 06 June 2012 06:37
Pieter Blaauw
Pieter Blaauw, security consultant at Performanta, warned that businesses cannot ignore the risk that search engine poisoning presents. Noting that URLs have been compromised to drive traffic to malicious sites, he said companies need to install solutions that block dangerous sites that host malware.
A 2010 Barracuda Labs report found that Google was home to 69% of search engine malware, while Yahoo hosted 18% and Bing 12%. This year, a one-month snapshot showed there were 10.5 million potential victims due to search engine poisoning.
Blaauw said poisoners take advantage of popular search terms and news events, such as when Osama Bin Laden was killed last May. Such events led to search spikes and hackers took advantage by setting up fake dead images, which led to PCs being infected with counterfeit anti-virus software, he explained.
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