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Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs

Experts warn of threat actors using Google Alerts to promote a fake Adobe Flash Player updater that delivers unwanted programs. Bad actors publish posts with titles containing popular keywords to allow Google Search to index the content. Users are redirected to malicious sites under the control of the threat actors the threat actors malicious site. Once clicking the Update button, the victim will download a setup.msi file that installs a potentially unwanted program called One Updater”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/114871/cyber-crime/google-alerts-abuse.html

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