Security News > 2023 > October > Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software

2023-10-20 13:49
Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to fictitious landing pages and distribute next-stage payloads. Malwarebytes, which discovered the activity, said it's "unique in its way to fingerprint users and distribute time sensitive payloads." The attack singles out users searching for Notepad++ and PDF converters to
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