It’s catnip for cyber criminals.
Those who Google “Are Bengal Cats legal in Australia?” have reportedly had their personal information stolen after clicking on fraudulent links that appear near the top of the page.
Cybersecurity company SOPHOS issued an urgent warning on its website, urging people not to type six words into their search engines.Millions of people are creating nude images of pretty much anyone in minutes using AI bots in a 'nightmarish scenario'At present, the dangerous links only appear in the search results when the word “Australia” is included, meaning those Down Under are at the largest risk of an attack.
SOPHOS says cyber criminals are increasingly infiltrating innocuous Google searches by using a tactic known as “SEO poisoning.”
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