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Hackers Using Google Ads to Spread FatalRAT Malware Disguised as Popular Apps

February 16, 2023

Chinese-speaking individuals in Southeast and East Asia are the targets of a new rogue Google Ads campaign that delivers remote access trojans such as FatalRAT to compromised machines.

The attacks involve purchasing ad slots to appear in Google search results and direct users looking for popular applications to rogue websites hosting trojanized installers, ESET said in a report published today. The ads have since been taken down.

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