Tag: Google Ads hijacking

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Hijacked Google Ads and Claude.ai posts delivered MacSync—why macOS users and admins must stop pasting ad-sourced commands

The recent MacSync campaign used hijacked Google Ads and user-generated pages on Claude.ai to trick people into pasting obfuscated shell commands into Terminal, delivering a polymorphic infostealer that harvests Keychain items, browser cookies, and crypto keys. Below are the attack’s mechanics, quick checks you can run now, and concrete operational steps for teams and users. […]

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