Evilai Operators Use AI-Generated Code and Fake Apps for Far-Reaching Attacks
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I'm really surprised to see that Google has let 2000 of these ads through without catching them and that they have not removed them after reports from weeks ago. When clicking in the ads an exe file is immediately downloaded, which you'd think some tool at Google would be able to trivially catch.
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