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09-06-2010, 11:10 PM
June 11th kicks off the 2010 FIFA World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup), and not surprisingly, we're seeing a rise in related spam.
It's still just a small percentage of spam overall (under 2%) but when comparing the first three days from the last six months, we see a doubling in volume and 74 times the number of hits on related keywords from January to June.
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/FIFA_2010_spam.png
As the tournament continues from June to July 11th, we expect to see more related threats.
A good example? SEO poisoning.
Currently, "World Cup printable bracket (http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/world-cup-seo-poisoning.html)" is a dangerous search term. On 09/06/10 At 03:53 PM
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It's still just a small percentage of spam overall (under 2%) but when comparing the first three days from the last six months, we see a doubling in volume and 74 times the number of hits on related keywords from January to June.
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/FIFA_2010_spam.png
As the tournament continues from June to July 11th, we expect to see more related threats.
A good example? SEO poisoning.
Currently, "World Cup printable bracket (http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/world-cup-seo-poisoning.html)" is a dangerous search term. On 09/06/10 At 03:53 PM
**Hidden Content: Check the thread to see hidden data.**