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Virus Writers Target Google's Sponsored Links

Posted by samzenpus on from the snake-in-the-grass dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the bad guys are gaming Google's sponsored links to spread their junk to people who click on the ads with unpatched versions of Internet Explorer. Attackers apparently bought the rights to several high profile search terms, including searches that would return results for the Better Business Bureau, among others. The story notes this was bound to happen, given the way Google structures sponsored links: "The bad guys behind the attack appeared to capitalize on an odd feature of Google's sponsored links. Normally, when a viewer hovers over a hyperlink, the name of the site that the computer user is about to access appears in the bottom left corner of the browser window. But hovering over Google's sponsored links shows nothing in that area. That blank space potentially gives bad guys another way to hide where visitors will be taken first.""

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  1. Re:copy link location, paste into text editor by Magic+Fingers · · Score: -1, Troll

    Some body will be rich sooner, keep clicking: http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?s a=l&ai=BW4xM7-YvRqmJJaLImQTP6dXxApyVrB3A-Je9AsCNtw Gw4y0QAhgCILv-mQYoAjAAOABQ7aSR7P7_____AWD9mPuAzAOY AdO60RCyASJvZmludGVyZXN0LmJpbmFyeS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudH MuY29tugEJNDY4eDYwX2FzyAEB2gEqaHR0cDovL29maW50ZXJl c3QuYmluYXJ5LWVudmlyb25tZW50cy5jb20vqQKZ6jUcO-etPs gCnM3vAagDAcgDBw&num=2&ggladgrp=326118280&gglcreat =574052020&adurl=http://www.apple.com/ca/getamac/a ds/index.html%3Fcid%3DWWW-AMCA-GETAMACK060307-GROB 1&client=ca-pub-0841007318749811&nm=4

  2. Lets talk about Firefox fucktards... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ok i agree, firefox is a great browser. A great alternative to IE. But by NO MEANS is Firefox anymore secure than IE. I currently know of at least 3 0day firefox 'visit the page and you are owned' exploits. How is using firefox more secure than IE when the same attack vectors exist and are unpatched? People who have this conception I am labeling as the 'firefox fucktards'.
     
      Repeat after me, Firefox Fucktards.
     
    Thank you for your time and moderation..

  3. this is goat5ex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    THINKING ABOUT IT. in raptio of 5 to gave the BSD

  4. Ok digg.com kids.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lets use our brain here. If I have firefox exploit am I just going to provide a link for you so you can conveniently marvel at the exploit code? Am I just going to give this code out for free? No wonder you monkeys will eventually get owned because you need a 'link to click on' to believe anything. There is serious money to be made on these exploits and a only a moron would provide you 'a link for proof'.

    Be sure to keep clicking on every link you see though!