The announcement of the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has stolen millions of citizens of cyberspace. Key words "Osama bin Laden"today became the most searched word on the internet.
High search words "Osama bin Laden" is used by cyber criminals to infect computers by tricking users to visit their site for more information, security experts warn.
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Cybercrooks can do the trick to making a site ranked top in the popular search engines by giving them bogus pages to make their sites appear legitimate. "When users click on that page, they freely distribute malware virus," said Paul Ducklin, chief technology officer at IT security company, Sophos.
Fabio Assolini, an expert in IT security company Kaspersky Lab, hadhave a sample page of malware as a response to Google'simage search for " Osamabin Laden'sbody ." Users who click on some image results are directed to one of two dangerous domain offers rogueware copy known as the "Best Antivirus 2011", Assolini said in a blog post.
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