Security News > 2021 > January > Beware: Malicious Home Depot ad gets top spot in Google Search
A malicious Home Depot advertising campaign is redirect Google search visitors to tech support scams.
Malicious Google search ads are nothing new, with campaigns for Amazon Prime, PayPal, and eBay seen in the past.
Yesterday, BleepingComputer was notified by someone who fell for a malicious Home Depot advertisement currently displayed in the top spot of a Google search.
Even worse, the ad is the top spot in the research result, making it more likely to be clicked.
Homedepot.com, and hovering over it shows the site's legitimate destination URL. However, when visitors click on the ad, they will be redirected through various ad services until eventually they are redirected to a tech support scam.
To avoid these types of ads, users are advised to pay more attention to Google search results to not click on ads instead of the legitimate search page result for the company.