Hackers promote fake websites on search engines
Since May 2023, security experts have been monitoring a campaign by hackers who use online ads to lure their victims to fake websites. The Bitdefender Labs experts are aware of references to supposed websites of well-known services such as AnyDeks, WinSCP, Cisco AnyConnect, Slack and TreeSize. In recent years, hackers have increasingly targeted customers and businesses with infected software promoted via advertisements. The recipe is simple: cybercriminal groups set up fake websites for highly interesting software and promote them through advertisements at the top of the results page. It only takes one search and one click to…