Brazilian and Asian cybercriminals have been found distributing harmful advertisements to Google, disguising them as legitimate ads on the platform. These attackers are using the service for advertising to direct users to malicious phishing sites, either through Google search results or on third-party websites.
This scheme has become popular among cybercriminals because Google experts often struggle to definitively identify harmful websites, allowing fraudulent ads to be published without detection.
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