Deceptive Google Ads Mimic IP Scanner Software to Push Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers unveiled a new malvertising campaign that uses malicious Google ads to deliver a backdoor dubbed ‘MadMxShell’. The ads leverage a set of domains to push the backdoor and mimic legitimate IP scanner software. The 45 domains, registered between November 2023 and March 2014 pose as IP scanner software such as: Angry IP Scanner […]

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