Threat actors are using Google Alerts to promote a fake Adobe Flash Player updater that installs other unwanted programs on unsuspecting users’ computers. The threat actors create fake stories with titles containing popular keywords that Google Search then indexes. When visiting the fake stories using a Google redirect link, the visitor will be redirected to the threat actor’s malicious site. If you visit the fake story’s URL directly, the website will state that the page does not exist. This weekend, BleepingComputer observed the fake news stories redirecting to a new campaign.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/warning-google-alerts-abused-to-push-fake-adobe-flash-updater/