Combating Search-Result Poisoning at Usenix Security 2011

The paper titled deSEO: Combating Search-Result Poisoning was published last week at Usenix Security 2011. It describes how malware and viruses are spread through the poisoning of popular search keywords, and develops tools to help search engines fight the problem.

The paper was authored by John P. John and Arvind Krishnamurthy from UW, in collaboration with researchers at MSR, Silicon Valley.