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@0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years ago

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

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

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@0x815@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years ago
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Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5535431

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

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  • brie
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    45•2 years ago

    The FBI recommends using an ad-blocker for this very reason.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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      8•2 years ago

      Yeah, but YouTube recommends not using one…

  • @draughtcyclist@programming.dev
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    41•2 years ago

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

    • @sculd@beehaw.org
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      12•2 years 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
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      10•2 years 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.)

  • Quokka
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    5•2 years ago

    Anyone else read that as “theatre actor”?

    • taanegl
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      No, but now I’m envisioning some thesbian sauntering into your living room, fainting towards your USB port and giving a heartfelt soliloquy as the USB drive he just pushed in starts a hidden automated install.

      Oh woe is you.

    • @Namstel@lemmy.one
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      I read “great actor” 😬

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