"Google Ads for KeePass, Notepad++ Lead To Malware"

According to Jérôme Segura, Director of Threat Intelligence at Malwarebytes, people who have used Google to search for and download the KeePass password manager and the Notepad++ text editor may have been infected with malware. Malvertising through search engine ads is a threat that seems to never go away and is getting worse again, according to Malwarebytes. According to Segura, threat actors are effectively using evasion techniques that avoid ad verification checks and enable them to target specific types of victims. This article continues to discuss the Google ads for KeePass and Notepad++ leading users to malware.

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