Blog: “Google Sponsored Links'” Web Sites Blacklisted by Google

The use of search engines to deliver malware is well known. Previously we reported that attackers were using Google-sponsored search results to promote malicious websites. Instead of using techniques such as search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning to get the optimum listing in the search engine results, attackers recently managed to compromise well known site autonagar.com, which is promoted by Google’s sponsored links. Interestingly, up until late last week, autonagar.com was hosting malicious exploits and was blacklisted by Google SafeBrowse. However, at the time of posting this blog the malicious code has been removed from autonagar.com and Google is no longer blocking it.

 

 

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