Defeating Malvertising-Based Phishing Attacks

Malvertising Enters a New Age

While Google grapples with the potential threat that ChatGPT poses to its advertising business, cybercriminals are taking advantage of Google Ads to ramp up their phishing attacks on unsuspecting victims. To pull off these scams, phishers purchase ads that appear to represent well-known companies, brands, and software. By purchasing ads, these links appear as the top result of a Google search when a user’s query is relevant to the misleading content of the ad. This …

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