nsane.forums Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Cyber criminals are using the new Harry Potter film to distribute malware, according to new research from security vendor PC Tools. The firm said that hackers are using the increasingly popular tactic of "black hat" search engine optimisation (SEO) to infect users keen to download the film before it is screened. The criminals are pushing optimised links to malicious sites into the blogosphere, accompanied with text intended to attract interest, such as "Watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince online free". These links take the unsuspecting user to another blog site containing images of the movie and more links. However, clicking on any of these will redirect users again to a site prompting them to download and install a "streamviewer", which is actually just malware, according to PC Tools. The firm is predicting these tactics will be used in Peer-to-Peer and other file sharing networks with increasing regularity over the coming months. Black hat SEO manipulation attacks are becoming an increasingly common way for malware writers to cash in on a big event and spread their malware. They were launched soon after the death of actor Heath Ledger, and have already been seen in the past day after the death of actress Farrah Fawcett was announced. Rik Ferguson, senior security adviser at security vendor Trend Micro said that he "fully expected" to see black hat SEO techniques and spam runs using the news of Michael Jackson's death as bait to ensnare unsuspecting users. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Harry Potter is really popular character.!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I bet they watched first :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 i remember the first harry potter i gotten on p2p (emule) turn out to be swede porn :)lately the abmdivx been hit with fake avi that you have going to site to get a password which doesnt do anything unlike the ones from last year that actually did unlock the avi. (they also heavy with exe files again as the first rar file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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