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WARNING: iPhone Blackhat SEO Poisoning

cobster — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:23:14 +0000

It seems that Google searches on terms that are related to iPhone SMS information are being used to return results that direct unsuspecting users to rogue AV sites. According to the Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network blog malicious URLs related to Apple iPhone SMS/MMS searches are ranking as high as result number six. Examples of the kind of searches that are being poisoned include “iphone how to send multiple chats over

Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns

cobster — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:18:57 +0000

Google Wave will be available next Wednesday to 100,000 developers and Google Apps customers. However, cybercriminals have already take advantage of the launch by starting black hat SEO campaigns to turn interest in Wave into a computer infection.

Traditional SEO campaigns boost a Website’s ranking in search results using relevant keywords. On the other hand, black hat SEO campaigns have the same goal, but they use a different method.

Does it matter if your SEO is black or white?

cobster — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:16:59 +0000

Ever since search engine optimisation was first created, there has been a great debate as to whether one should use white hat SEO or resort to black hat tactics. The more the internet marketing industry expanded the more intense the debate became.

While both forms have their advantages and disadvantages, they are very different ways of implementing a search engine optimisation. One can either choose to go white hat SEO or black hat, but