ChrimeraWire Trojan Fakes Chrome Activity to Manipulate Search Rankings

ChrimeraWire is a new Windows trojan that automates web browsing through Chrome to simulate user activity and manipulate search engine rankings...

Measuring and Improving Core Web Vitals

Google recently announced a proposed update to its search ranking algorithm: the Page Experience Update. This change, which launches in 2021, includes more performance signals in the ranking algorithm. A subtle but important feature of the update is that AMP will no longer be a requirement for...

DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-058

This module enables you to customize meta tags to help with a site's search engine ranking and improve the display of page summaries when shared on social networks. The module doesn't sufficiently check for a site being in maintenance mode. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that the sit...

HTML File Containing Hidden Malicious JavaScript

A vulnerability exists in websites using Joomla or WordPress, allowing a malicious JavaScript file to open hidden content as a user browses the compromised website without the users knowledge .Attackers use this technique to improve search result ranking but may also use it as a stage in more...

Google Search Engine Rank Prefers HTTPS

Nothing in Google’s arsenal carries more weight than its search engine rankings. Pair that weapon with a desire to inspire encrypted connections on the web, and you have a pretty powerful combination. More than a year ago, Google said it was testing a method where a site’s search ranking would be...

Google Moves to Boost Search Ranking For HTTPS Sites

In the last couple of years, Google has been making a series of changes to its Web infrastructure to employ encryption more widely and help defeat active attackers. Much of this has gone on in the background, with the company securing the links between its data centers and making other...