It’s not uncommon for us to see cyber criminals targeting current events or upcoming holidays, but this time we came across a campaign that is several months ahead of schedule. An ongoing Blackhat SEO campaign is heavily targeting Halloween and Thanksgiving related keywords.
The Top 5 targeted keywords:
1. Printable (cards)
2. Halloween
3. Thanksgiving
4. Invitations
5. Turkey
Tag cloud of the 75 most targeted keywords:
Searching for any of the targeted phrases could yield the following search results:
Clicking on any of the search results will lead us to the Desktop Security 2010 Rogueware campaign, which does a number of annoying things, such as hijacking web browsing sessions, repeatedly playing messages over the speakers (E.g. Your computer is infected), and generating popups.
Panda Security specializes in the development of endpoint security products and is part of the WatchGuard portfolio of IT security solutions. Initially focused on the development of antivirus software, the company has since expanded its line of business to advanced cyber-security services with technology for preventing cyber-crime.
3 comments
I hate those browser hijackers! Doesn’t Google block those kinds of websites?