Cybercriminals have moved on from search engine optimization techniques and are now creating fake search sites designed solely to direct Web surfers to pages hosting malware. Previously, attackers resorted to sending e-mails with malicious code in attachments and with links to malicious Web sites and took measures to push those Web sites higher in search engine rankings. Now, they re also creating. fake search engines that are showing up in Google search results. Read the full story in this article by CNet’s John Defterios.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cybercriminals-use-fake-search-engines-spread-malware-050709/72711/