Social network searches could be a hacker’s dream - USATODAY.com
The integration of updates from social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook into search engine results could be a boon for spammers, according to an article from USA Today.
Yet anyone can now post a Twitter message on a hot topic, say, “Copenhagen.” In less than a minute, a reference to that tweet will appear as part of the results for anyone Googling “Copenhagen.” It’s simple to attach spam or a link to a corrupted website, says Danny Sullivan, editor in chief of SearchEngineLand.com. Tainted posts moving quickly and intermittently into search results could be very hard to filter. “It’s an entirely new cat-and-mouse game,” says Sullivan.
