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Report: AdWords Fraudbot Helps E-Commerce Firms Compete

ID: 33bb5996-6f08-58df-a91a-7c6e74fc4eec

STIX ID: report--33bb5996-6f08-58df-a91a-7c6e74fc4eec

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2014-07-25

Date Updated: 2026-05-08

Author: Paul Roberts

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The article summarizes reporting on “GoodGoogle,” an online fraud service that sells simulated Google AdWords clicks to exhaust competitors’ ad budgets or permanently block their ad units; the operation reportedly combines custom bots and human click-farms and may leverage botnets to make fraudulent traffic appear organic, causing direct financial harm to advertisers.

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