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New 3 Step Malvertising Chain Abusing Facebook Paid Ads to Push Tech Support Scam Kit

ID: 70e66c8d-e9d2-5b05-b2bc-00f5ecc1a3c9

STIX ID: report--70e66c8d-e9d2-5b05-b2bc-00f5ecc1a3c9

Feed Name: cybersecurityNews.com

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-02-05

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Tushar Subhra Dutta

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A malvertising campaign on Facebook delivers paid ads that redirect victims via a decoy Italian-restaurant site to fraudulent landing pages hosted on Microsoft Azure (e.g., web.core.windows.net). The final pages display fake system warnings to coerce users into calling a scam support hotline; operators rotate over 100 domains in seven days, focus on U.S. users during weekdays, and leverage legitimate cloud infrastructure to evade blocking and signature-based detection.

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