Don’t get fooled by top rank results appearing on your search engine page as cybercriminals have realized that they can use blackhat SEO technique to spread fake Coronavirus-related information as a bait for propagating their attack campaigns.
The bigger picture
Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Baidu are some of the world’s top search engines that serve millions of internet users across the globe. In fact, these search engines pave the way to generate traffic for most websites. To be on the first page of the search results, many website owners leverage various methods for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
However, these techniques are not far from the reach of scammers who are misusing it to lure victims into visiting fake websites for different COVID-19-related scams. Termed as SEO spam or spamdexing or blackhat SEO, the method involves manipulating search engine indexes and misleading users to scam content.
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