Security News > 2023 > September > Malicious ads creep into Bing Chat responses

Users of Bing Chat, the GPT-4-powered search engine Microsoft introduced earlier this year, are being targeted with ads leading to malware.

Malwarebytes researchers tested Bing Chat with a simple query: "Download advanced IP scanner".

Bing Chat responded by saying that "You can download Advanced IP Scanner from their official website," but hovering over the link opened a dialog box where an ad for a malicious site is shown above the link to the official website.

The malicious link within the Bing Chat conversation.

Using malicious ads served by search engines is a popular way for threat actors to trick users into downloading malware.

"Considering that tech giants make most of their revenue from advertising, it wasn't surprising to see Microsoft introduce ads into Bing Chat shortly after its release. However, online ads have an inherent risk attached to them," Segura noted.

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