Krebs on Security: "Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky" (krebsonsecurity.com)

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Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.

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[-] Onihikage@beehaw.org 46 points 9 months ago

We keep saying that blocking ads is a security feature, and it keeps being true.

[-] Zworf@beehaw.org 14 points 9 months ago

Yes especially since Google is making it harder to spot the ads among legitimate content now :(

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