Google comes in handy for security research

A security firm is using a popular search engine and some homemade tools for ferreting out malicious Web sites. It seems that since Google indexes executable files and binary files on sites, researchers can then search those files for hacking activity and evidence. Not only has Websense uncovered over 2,000 malicious Web sites, it's even found a new and unknown attack code. It's also uncovering sites that have been hacked and don't even realize it.

For more on the unique malware investigative approach:
- check out this article at TechWeb