Most, if not all malvertising incidents result from a threat actor either injecting code within an existing ad, or intentionally creating…
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Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass’s official website
Threat actors are known for impersonating popular brands in order to trick users. In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious…
The forgotten malvertising campaign
In recent weeks, we have noted an increase in malvertising campaigns via Google searches. Several of the threat actors we are…
Malicious ad served inside Bing’s AI chatbot
In February 2023, Microsoft disclosed its new AI-assisted search engine, Bing Chat, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Even though Google has been…
Chrome’s “Enhanced Ad Privacy”: What you need to know
Users of Google’s Chrome web browser may wish to dig into their privacy settings as a new feature regarding advertising privacy slowly…
Malvertisers up their game against researchers
Threat actors constantly take notice of the work and takedown efforts initiated by security researchers. In this constant game of cat and…
Malvertising via brand impersonation is back again
Web search is about to embark on a new journey thanks to artificial intelligence technology that online giants such as Microsoft and Google…
Massive malvertising campaign targets seniors via fake Weebly sites
Knowing their audience is something scammers excel at, and for very good reason. This is particularly true for tech support scammers…
WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin
WordPress is an immensely popular content management system (CMS) powering over 43% of all websites. Many webmasters will monetize their sites…
Google sponsored ads lead to rogue imitation sites
There’s a big push in rogue advert land at the moment, with multiple forms of bogus websites being used as bait…