Google's Binary Search Helps Identify Malware

This is definitely another one of those wonderful Google exploits.

A little-known capability in Google's search engine has helped security vendor Websense uncover thousands of malicious Web sites, as well as several legitimate sites that have been hacked

By taking advantage Google's binary search capability, Websense has created new software tools that can sniff out malware using the popular search engine. Websense researchers Googled for strings that were used in known malware like the Bagel and Mytob worms and have uncovered about 2,000 malicious Web sites over the past month, according to Dan Hubbard, senior director of security and research with Websense.

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Thanks to this link that provided me with such wonderful information.

Hopefully efforts like these will help in tracking down of the criminals that exists in the cyber space.