PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads

During this past year, we have seen an increase in the use of malicious ads (malvertising) and specifically those via search engines, to drop malware targeting businesses. In fact, browser-based attacks overall have been a lot more common if we include social engineering campaigns.

Criminals have found success in acquiring new victims thanks to search ads; we believe there are specialized services that help malware distributors and affiliates to bypass Google’s security measures and helping them to set up a …

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