Hackers have been using Google Alerts to promote a fraudulent Flash Player updater that installs other unwanted programs on their computers. (Originally appeared on Flickr by brionv/CC BY 2.0)
Taking advantage of users who may not realize support for Adobe Flash Player expired on Dec. 31, hackers have been using Google Alerts to promote a fraudulent Flash Player updater that installs other unwanted programs on their computers.
The threat actors create fake stories with titles containing popular keywords that Google Search indexes, according to a Sunday Bleeping Computer report. Once indexed, Google Alerts then notifies people who follow those keywords. When visiting the fake stories using a Google redirect link, the visitor lands on the threat actor’s malicious site.
At first, the threat actors reportedly redirected users to web pages that pushed browser notification spam, unwanted extensions, or fake giveaways like from no ..
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