MS security centre search poisoned with infectious smut

Microsoft has disabled the search results on its Security Centre after malware-spreaders abused the function to promote shady pornographic websites serving Trojans as well as cheap thrills. Only the Security Section of Microsoft's website was affected by the search-engine poisoning attack. Such attacks are often used to place …

[Graham Wilson]

Lost for words...

...all I can do is laugh.

[Anonymous Coward]

RE: Lost for words...

Every time I hear the words "Microsoft" and "security" used in the same sentence, I ready myself for a real belly laugh...

... and ninety nine times out of a hundred, I get one!

[Anonymous Coward]

Some months ago ...

I noticed that MS's Tech Website search was becoming very, very slow.

Then odd pop-ups would start appearing (using IE) for gambling and porn sites ... only when using MS's Tech Search. This was in a large commercial bank where only MS and IE were allowed.

I reckon they must have been poisoned long ago.

[Anonymous Coward]

"search poisoned with infectious smut"

Do you mean Windows ?

[Fred Flintstone]

We need an irony icon..

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Now *that* is humour..

[Anonymous Coward]

Bing For A Bonk ?

Whoops you will only catch something nasty down there.

[Anonymous Coward]

United Nations?

Why would I want to search Windows security centre for United Nations?

[Anonymous Coward]

Chapeau Noir?

Reminds me of a long and involved story with a frisson of Anglo/Gallic humour!

[M7S]

I might want to search there for porn.....

as in "How do I stop PDF based porn coming in via email" or something similar.

I dont pretent to be an expert, that's why I'd look these sort of things up.

So the attack vector is valid.