Apr. 28–ATLANTA: Researchers at security software developer Exploit Prevention Labs have uncovered hard evidence that cybercriminals are using Google AdWords to infect unsuspecting users with malware.
In his blog Roger Thompson, CTO, Exploit Prevention Labs, said that his company has identified exploits posing as legitimate URLs for the Better Business Bureau and cars.com in the "sponsored links" section that appears alongside search results.
Advertisers pay Google for the sponsored links to appear following specific search queries. Clicking on one of the malicious …
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