Poisoned search results – Super Bowl

Malicious Detection, URL Database

The Super Bowl is the one of the biggest and most watched television events of the year in the United States. People everywhere scour the internet looking for predictions, gambling spreads and news before the event and scores, stories and clips after the event.  In anticipation of the increased search traffic for Super Bowl related terms, cybercriminals have shown themselves to be well-organized and planning ahead.  Search results for Super Bowl related search terms are already turning up top-ten results linked to malicious websites.

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Unresolved Compromised Fox Sports Host Heading Into Third Week

Cybersecurity, Malicious Detection

zvelo first detected a compromise on the Fox Sports website two weeks ago and as of today, at least one Fox Sports host continues to contain automatic links to a multitude of dangerous exploits. Even with media coverage and direct emails, this compromised host has not been taken offline or cleaned. The threats being hosted have rotated with the most recent threats being remote script links to ackworld.com and nt002.cn.

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Google Users Targeted By New Malicious Websites

Cybersecurity, Malicious Detection

zveloLABS™ has been tracking compromised sites that host PageRank Bombs since 2008.  The attacker hacks a site, but instead of putting exploits on the hacked site, they put links to other websites in order to boost the search result ranking on various search engines.  Initially this was being used for ad sites, porn sites, and pharma fraud sites.  Now, however, it is being used to boost the results of malicious sites, but with a new twist that targets Google users.

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