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Google ad impersonates Whales Market to push wallet drainer malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[โ€“] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read that headline three times and I still don't understand it

[โ€“] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Google will let anyone buy an ad without vetting them. This is a sponsored link that looks legitimate, including when you hover over it, it actually redirects to a phishing site that steals your crypto.

It's just another impersonation site, but this is top of search results. Google could easily defeat things like this but they are too busy deciding which product to kill next.