A threat actor abuses Google Ads to distribute malicious CPU-Z app from fake Windows news site, Malwarebytes reports (feddit.de)

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Original link: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/11/malvertiser-copies-pc-news-site-to-deliver-infostealer/amp

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[-] draughtcyclist@programming.dev 41 points 7 months ago

Google does not have a handle on platform abuse for the past year or two. The cracks are starting to show.

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 26 points 7 months ago

Things like this happen and people still defend YouTube ads like they haven't been abused before.

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 12 points 7 months ago

This is what happens when they automate everything. Its basically impossible to find someone in Google to talk to even if you spot an issue with their products.

[-] subignition@fedia.io 10 points 7 months ago

Tons of obvious scam storefronts in the shopping results lately, too. (I mainly use it to compare prices and to try to find things that might be in local stores near me.)