ITPEC FE Subject A October 2024 Question 32
ITPEC FE Subject A October 2024 — Question 32 of 60
SEO poisoning — identifies the attack that manipulates search rankings to surface malicious sites.
SEO poisoning (also called search engine poisoning) exploits search engine optimization techniques to make a malicious website rank highly in search results. When a user clicks what appears to be a legitimate top result, they land on a malicious site.
Why not others:
- (a) Cross-site scripting — injects malicious scripts into a trusted website's pages, not search results
- (b) DNS cache poisoning — corrupts DNS resolver cache to redirect domain lookups, unrelated to search rankings
- (d) Social engineering — broad category of human manipulation (phishing, pretexting), not specific to search result manipulation
Key rule: SEO poisoning = fake/malicious site boosted to top of search results via SEO manipulation.
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