[pchelpers] News:Hacked page hauls estimated at $10,000 a day

Referral scams netting big bucks for criminals
Written by Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com
23 Mar 2009

Hackers are embedding compromised web pages with lists of popular search
terms.

The recent wave of search engine optimised web attacks is netting a huge
cash haul for hackers and malware vendors, according to researchers.

Security firm Finjan claimed that a single hacker can make as much as
$10,800 (£7,400) a day by embedding compromised web pages with links to
attack sites and lists of popular search terms.

Finjan chief technology officer Yuval Ben-Itzhak said that the company
recently observed a single attack operation involving a set of
compromised pages that redirected to a site pushing a rogue anti-virus
program.

More here:
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/news/2238961/hacked-page-hauls-estimated-per
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