FBI Warns Of Cybercriminals Abusing Search Ads To Promote Phishing Sites

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that cybercrime gangs are using search results and search engine ads to lure victims on phishing sites for financial institutions in order to collect their login credentials.

They talk about two versions of the scam

• In the first version, the threat actor used search engine ads,
• In the second version, they relied on the phishing site appearing in organic search results on its own.