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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months ago

Google Ads used to distribute Mac malware disguised as 'Loom' app

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Google Ads used to distribute Mac malware disguised as 'Loom' app

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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months ago
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Experts recently discovered a macOS stealer malware disguised as the popular screen recording app Loom, spread through deceptive Google-sponsored URLs.
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  • Wooki@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Meanwhile over at google.

    We’re restricting extension api because “malware” and disabling ublock.

    At this point, Google is the virus.

  • thomask@lemmy.sdf.org
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    What’s the deal with the Google ad that shows a legit URL but takes users to another? That seems like the biggest issue here and the article just rolls past it like that’s totally normal.

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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      Probably the totally legit practice of putting every link behind 500 tracking redirects lol.

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    Ads should have to pass some kind of manual review process / “sanity check” to prevent nonsense like this. SMH google.

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    ask me about loom

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