How SEO Is Used To Launch An Attack

How SEO Is Used To Launch An Attack
1
A hacker sets up a website containing
malicious code.
2
The hacker gains access to a legitimate
website and compromises it by installing
redirection code.
3
The hacker farms out links to the compromised
site onto many bogus websites.
4
The links are detected by a search engine
crawler and added to the search results
database, resulting in a high ranking.
5
An unsuspecting victim performs an arbitrary
search and the high-ranking link to the
compromised site shows up.
6
The victim clicks on the link, opening the
compromised website.
Search Engine
Crawler
Search
Engine
Database
Search
Engine
Database
7
In the background, the victim’s browser is
redirected to the malicious website.
8
The malicious website launches an attack.
9
With a successful attack, the hacker may
now access and possibly even control
the victim’s computer.