"The malware would redirect the visitors to a different website, where ads hosted on the Google Ads platform would load, bringing in profits for the website’s owners."\
#cybersecurity #malware #wordpress
https://www.techradar.com/news/thousands-of-wordpress-sites-have-been-infected-by-a-mystery-malware
@jaysonmassey
"That way, Google would essentially get tricked into paying the ad campaign owners for the views, unaware that the views are actually fraudulent."
That's actually kind of funny, but only the part about Google having to pay someone involuntarily.
I have many clients on WP so this is good to know.