Researchers made an effort to warn users last year not to click on Google Ads in search results, but it appears those warnings went unheeded, as hackers continue to use malicious ads to infect unsuspecting users with malware.
Malvertising, or malicious advertising, has grown in popularity among cybercriminals as phishing attacks and malicious apps have become less effective. Instead, hackers are now purchasing advertising space on Google Search and other search engines in order to trick users into installing malware.
One way they do this is by imitating well-known brands. So far, we’ve seen hackers pose as Amazon, USPS, CCleaner, Notepad++, and other prominent brands. According to a report from the email security firm Vade, Facebook and Microsoft continue to be the most impersonated brands since 2020.
Unsuspecting PC users who click on an advertisement in this new campaign are led to a fake download portal that looks authentic to the unwary eye. Instead of CPU-Z, though, the website offers a digitally signed MSIX installer that includes a malicious PowerShell script for the
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