Bride of Pod People: An Analysis of a WordPress-Targeting Spam SEO Campaign

Presented at CircleCityCon 10.0 (2023), June 25, 2023, 10 a.m. (60 minutes)

Bride of Pod People is a spam search-engine optimization campaign that targets WordPress sites. The spammers use credential-based attacks to steal existing users’ accounts in order to post spam links, driving web traffic to affiliate advertising networks. This paper documents the current indicators that identify the Bride of Pod People campaign and analyzes how the spam links and redirection operate together.

Presenters:

• Courtney Falk

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