Threat actors are known for impersonating popular brands in order to trick users. In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious…
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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…
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…
Digital assets continue to be prime target for malvertisers
Cyber-criminals continue to impersonate brands via well-crafted phishing websites. We previously covered attacks on both consumers and businesses via online searches for…
Malicious ad for USPS fishes for banking credentials
We often think of malvertising as being malicious ads that push malware or scams, and quite rightly so these are probably…
A week in security (May 22-28)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe! Malwarebytes EDR and MDR removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting…
Malvertising via brand impersonation is back again
Web search is about to embark on a new journey thanks to artificial intelligence technology that online giants such as Microsoft and Google…