Osama bin Laden's death could trigger a new wave of virtual attacks.

BitDefender warns users that the recent story about bin Laden's death could trigger a new wave of attacks. Compromise the results of a search by specific keywords (technique known as Black Hat SEO) can lead to infection of users with different types of malware, antivirus false or PDF exploits.
"Black-hat SEO is a relatively new method, used increasingly frequently by many cyber criminals. A story such as bin Laden's death could lead to increased searches on search engines for certain keywords, and some results can direct you to malicious sites. Therefore, it is good for users to access only sites known, and also use specialized security solutions, "believes Catalin Cosoi, Head of Online Threats of BitDefender.
Since two nights ago, BitDefender threats began to monitor activity related to this topic and identified some threats "classic" bait featuring breaking news to infect users' computers.
Breaking News, Storm Worm style
It was not long after announcing the death of bin Laden and have already forged a series of articles appeared on the topic news feeds flooding. As long as the subject will be on the agenda for discussion, we can expect exploits PDF attachments. Do not forget that the Storm Worm was raging a few years ago, sending messages with pompous titles on natural disasters. It is important to know that newsletters are not accompanied by attachments, if you receive messages from unknown sources spectacular headlines, you may want to delete.
Links suspect fake antivirus
Bin Laden's death could not be overlooked by the cyber-criminals. If you make a thorough documentation of the subject and reach the last page of results, it is possible to pass over a number of sites hosted on domain co.cc and optimized for keywords such as "bin Laden's death." If you arrive on these pages and you get a picture with a scanner and the suggestion to download an antivirus solution because your computer is apparently infected, is a sign that you have not attained our goal. If you want to know more about Osama bin Laden's death would be safe to visit the only news sources.
To protect yourself, you are advised to install a security solution antispam, antiphishing, anti-fraud and anti-virus, such as BitDefender Internet Security 2011. Another technology is integrated into BitDefender suite Search Advisor, which pre-scan results provided by search engines, indicating if they are safe, dangerous or suspicious, before being accessed. If you are a BitDefender, we recommend BitDefender TrafficLight, a free browser application that protects against online attacks, fake websites and malicious scripts.