Tag Archives: Phishing

A phishing group has uploaded over 144,000 malicious open source packages to three open source repositories, in a major new automated campaign, according to Checkmarx. Working with fellow security vendor Illustria, the firm first discovered the campaign a few months ago when it noticed large clusters of packages published to the NuGet package manager. It discovered 135,000 such packages were uploaded by the same threat actor to the same platform, with a further 212 on npm and 7824 on… Source link

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a long game. Improving your website to rank higher on search engine results pages helps you attract more traffic. Plus, it helps build a trustworthy reputation. But, some people want to take shortcuts by using what’s known as black hat SEO. If this happens, your business could pay the price. What Is Black Hat SEO? Black hat SEO is any activity that seeks to increase a website’s ranking and reputation by using methods that violate… Source link

Phishing site operators are now making use of a special class of illegal search engine optimization tactics to get their pages displayed above legitimate websites in search results. Researchers with security company Cybersixgill said these “black hat SEO” practices have become so popular that those who practice the skill are able to sell their services on dark web hacking forums for anywhere from $70 to $500 per month to phishing site operators. Unlike normal SEO techniques, which… Source link