Hackers find clever new way to hose Google users

by admin March 6, 2008 at 7:14 pm

IFRAME piggybacking

Hackers have found a new way to get Google to point to malicious websites with the help of unwitting websites such as TorrentReactor, ZDNet Asia and several other CNET-owned properties.

As a result, more than 101,000 Google search results that appeared to lead to pages of legitimate sites actually directed end users to sites that attempted to install malware.

Read more: theregister.co.uk