You want to download Google Chrome, so after a Google search you click on the ad at the top of the page that appears to be from Google. But instead of a new browser, you end up with a nasty piece of malware.

Here's how SecTopRat is being delivered via malicious ads.

1/🧵 We found this suspicious ad when searching for “download google chrome“. It says Google, so it's Google's official site, right?

If you check out the URL from the sponsored result, you will notice it shows ““, which is Google’s free website builder.sites.google.com

The holiday shopping season is here and with it so are the scams.

Here are a few fake sites you should look out for.

1/🧵 A PS5 for cheap on TEMU? Just...just don't.

This Facebook ad redirects to a Temu page selling various PlayStation accessories that are not official or approved by Sony. Scammers know it's exciting to find a deal on a hot item and take advantage of thrifty shoppers.

ChatGPT says it won't write ransomware.

It will.

🧵 There's been A LOT of talk about how ChatGPT might revolutionize malware, so we decided to see if it could be used to write ransomware.

When we just asked it to do that, ChatGPT told us it "cannot provide code that is intended to harm or exploit computer systems."