Even Google Search Results Fall Victim

When I read stuff like this, I find myself wondering what Google is doing to compensate for this kind of thing in real time. Worse, on the other side of the coin, is the unsuspecting FTP victim forever banned from Google once their site is compromised and reported?

But as I have predicted some time ago, it is not merely poorly configured Web sites allowing this Gumblar malware onto the victim’s server. It is also happening through vulnerable Web applications. This means that patching everything is not enough. We also need to be aware of what sorts of Web apps we are running, what types of permissions we are giving to these apps, and finally, stop installing Web apps from sources we know little about.

Back on the Google front though, I fear that it is the casual user who will be falling victim here. Who knows what the non-Web savvy user is going to discover as they make legitimate queries only to find the results that they thought were legit are, in fact, something quite dangerous.

The idea of running that fully patch system is great for webmasters, but what about the casual Web surfer? No hope for them I guess.

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