Here's another post from our colleagues in Spain (http://www.eset.es): mistakes in interpretation are down to me (David Harley).
We have frequently talked about and shown examples of threats that take advantage of Black-Hat SEO (Search Engine Optimization). This technique (BHSEO) is used by malware authors to position the malicious links in the top results when a potential victim [...]

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