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Tag: malvertising
Malvertiser copies PC news site to deliver infostealer
Users looking to download a popular PC utility may be tricked in this campaign where a threat actor has registered a website that copies content from a PC and Windows news portal.
Malvertising via Dynamic Search Ads delivers malware bonanza
Most, if not all malvertising incidents result from a threat actor either injecting code within an existing ad, or intentionally creating…
Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass’s official website
Threat actors are known for impersonating popular brands in order to trick users. In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious…
The forgotten malvertising campaign
In recent weeks, we have noted an increase in malvertising campaigns via Google searches. Several of the threat actors we are…
Malicious ad served inside Bing’s AI chatbot
In February 2023, Microsoft disclosed its new AI-assisted search engine, Bing Chat, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Even though Google has been…
PSA: Ongoing Webex malvertising campaign drops BatLoader
A new malvertising campaign is targeting corporate users who are downloading the popular web conferencing software Webex. Threat actors have bought…
Mac users targeted in new malvertising campaign delivering Atomic Stealer
Summary Introduction The majority of the malvertising campaigns we have tracked for the past few months have targeted Windows users. That’s not…
DarkGate reloaded via malvertising and SEO poisoning campaigns
In July 2023, we observed a malvertising campaign that lured potential victims to a fraudulent site for a Windows IT management tool….
Malvertisers up their game against researchers
Threat actors constantly take notice of the work and takedown efforts initiated by security researchers. In this constant game of cat and…