Victims that interacted with the fake KeePass ads would get a maliciously modified version of the password manager called ...

If you use third-party sources or torrents, this fake password manager is a good reminder of why the official sources are ...

Popular password managers like LastPass and ... and hosting Google ads for phony, presumably malicious downloads masquerading as the security tool. After users on Bitwarden’s company forums ...

Fake Bitwarden password manager advertisements on Facebook are pushing a malicious Google Chrome extension ... Bitwarden users are advised to ignore ads prompting extension updates, as Chrome ...

For example, a modified version of the popular KeePass password manager has been spotted spreading ransomware. Using an old trick, hackers have set up new sites with “squatter” URLs that look ...

However, unless you use a local password manager, like KeePass ... it's not only Bitwarden being targeted by malicious phishing pages in Google ads. Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam also ...

Chrome extensions are incredibly useful, whether you want to block ads ... that allows malicious Chrome extensions to transform into other browser extensions, including password managers, crypto ...

Bitwarden isn’t the only password manager being targeted by fake ads though, as MalwareHunterTeam recently discovered that criminals had turned to fake Google ads to target 1Password users.

From there, the malicious extension prompts the unsuspecting user for the credentials to their 1Password account (remember, it could be any password manager) and phones home to the hacker with the ...

Malicious digital advertisements and “SEO poisoning” that gets those ads to prime spots in search results have been mainstays of the digital scamming ecosystem for years. But as online crime ...