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Malvertising Campaign Abuses Google Ads to Target Advertisers

ID: 8a22047c-eb94-5e49-ad3d-12eabc6887d0

STIX ID: report--8a22047c-eb94-5e49-ad3d-12eabc6887d0

Feed Name: KnowBe4 Blog

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2025-01-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Stu Sjouwerman

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Researchers at Malwarebytes uncovered a large malvertising campaign abusing compromised Google Ads accounts to serve ads impersonating Google and directing victims to Google Sites landing pages that funnel to credential-phishing pages; attackers appear to target existing advertisers, likely to resell hijacked accounts and sustain further campaigns.

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