Scammers take advantage of Google lawsuit
Internet crooks are adept at capitalizing on almost anything. For example, a recent lawsuit against Google by a model who claims to have been defamed is providing fodder for yet another scam. InformationWeek reports:
On Tuesday, the New York Daily News reported that model Liskula Cohen is suing Google to force the company to reveal those responsible for an allegedly defamatory blog called Skanks In NYC that the company’s Blogger service hosts.
The story continues:
Recognizing that the story includes some of the elements that make for an effective social networking scam — sex and a famous person — scammers have manipulated Google’s search system to feature their malware sites near the top of search results lists when people search for the keywords “skanks in nyc.”
“Unfortunately, the bad guys have poisoned Google with the term ’skanks in nyc,’ with links that push Antivirus 2009,” warned Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software, in a blog post on Tuesday.
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