The Latest in IT Security

Rogue Headlines in Google News

17
Jun
2013

A spam campaign is currently abusing Google News.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) black hats are injecting “jailbreak” headlines into an iOS thread.

Google News

Here’s a view of the full coverage:

Google News, Full coverage

The so-called “news” link readers to schemes offering iPhone jailbreaks.

Unlock iPhone spam

Here’s an iPhone view:

Google News SEO Google News SEO

Google News SEO Google News SEO

The good news: it appears that current SEO abuse is limited to spammers.

The bad news: where spammers go — exploit kits are surely soon to follow.

Let’s hope Google’s search engineers plug this hole quickly.

Leave a reply


Categories

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2025
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments