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Google AdWords is being hijacked by scammers

Posted on December 31, 2022August 27, 2023 By bot

Scammers are abusing Google Adwords, the search engine giant’s advertising platform, to spread malware to people looking for legitimate and popular software. Google’s safety measures are usually robust, but experts found that they managed to employ a workaround. The campaign is simple – the crooks would clone popular software such as Grammarly, MSI Afterburner, Slack, or others, and infect them with an infostealer.
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