Argentinean Government Sites Used in Black Hat SEO Campaigns
Numerous Argentinian government websites were recently compromised by hackers and used in black hat search engine optimization campaigns, according to Sunbelt Software.
Security researchers said 12 government pages were involved in the spamming campaign, with some of them distributing malware as well.
Also called spamdexing, black hat SEO is a technique used by cyber crooks to unethically raise search rankings. Researchers said the SEO campaign used keywords related to prescription drugs and enhancement pills to increase visibility of malicious websites.
A security expert said, “what’s more scary than the spam itself, is that these sites are hacked and nobody is noticing it or taking any action to clean them up.” He added many of the sites have been accessed through SQL injections and vulnerabilities with poorly coded custom applications.
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