“MasquerAds” – Google’s Ad-Words Abused by Threat Actors (opens in new tab)

(labs.guard.io)

25 pointsmoviuro3y ago4 comments

4 comments

That TLDR is really hard to follow...

I think nothing here is new. Malicious adverts are taking users to fake download pages for software loaded with malware.

People have been doing that since online advertising was invented. This post is just using, and inventing (masquerAd??), buzzwords to try and imply they have uncovered something new.

late2part3y ago

"Threat Actors" - beware the vernacular of the self promoting.

j0hnyl3y ago

How so? It's a pretty common term used to describe entities that engage in digital fraud, malware, etc.

DoItToMe813y ago

I'm so glad these thought leaders are protecting us from threat actors.

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