Google Ad Scam Fools Users with Fake Authenticator App: Here’s How to Stay Safe
Scammers are using Google’s ad system to distribute fake Google Authenticator software. After clicking on the ad, users are redirected to a spoofed download site, chromeweb-authenticators.com. The code contains Russian text, suggesting foreign involvement. Ironically, victims seeking better security through Google Authenticator end up compromised.
Hot Take:
Leave it to scammers to take one of the most trusted names in tech and turn it into a Trojan horse. Google Authenticator, more like Google Imitator! And AI writing better emails than humans? Skynet is surely around the corner. Plus, the CISA’s new AI officer is here to ensure our Roombas don’t revolt. Meanwhile, Canadian Mounties are showing that even in the digital age, they still know how to round up the bad guys. Welcome to Cybersecurity 2023: the Wild West, but with more acronyms and fewer cowboy hats.
Key Points:
- Scammers are using Google Ads to push a fake version of Google Authenticator.
- AI-written emails now account for 40% of Business Email Compromise (BEC) cases.
- CISA appoints Lisa Einstein as its first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer.
- New vulnerabilities in ServiceNow and Acronis Cyber Infrastructure have been flagged by CISA.
- Toronto police arrest ten suspects in a SIM swapping scheme, recovering over $1 million in stolen funds.