Updated on 2022-12-22
The FBI warned against threat actors using search engine ads to promote websites propagating ransomware or exfiltrating login credentials from crypto exchanges and financial institutions. Read more: Cyber Criminals Impersonating Brands Using Search Engine Advertisement Services to Defraud Users
Overview: FBI recommends ad blockers
In a PSA this week, the FBI recommended that users install an ad-blocker in their browser to avoid seeing malicious ads in search engine results (and many other places too). Read more: Cyber Criminals Impersonating Brands Using Search Engine Advertisement Services to Defraud Users