Malvertising (delivery)
Malicious ads redirect to phishing or malware
categoryPhysical, insider and cross-cutting attacksseverityHighdetectabilityNonelabnot yet measured
Example: Google Ads account heist
Classification
20 values: 4 imported, 2 derived, 14 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Malware |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Active |
| Attacker skill required | Low |
| Resources required | Medium |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | PRE |
| Environment | On-premises |
| Target asset class | EndpointHuman |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Resource Development |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | None |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Response Content |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 1
- M1056 attack-mitigation
Detected by 1
- DET0836 attack-detection-strategy
Attack relationships
- Parent: Bulletproof hosting
Framework references
- Primary source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2025/01/the-great-google-ads-heist-criminals-ransack-advertiser-accounts-via-fake-google-ads
- attack: T1583.008 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Physical, insider and cross-cutting attacks' table, line 686 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to attack:T1583.008 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 2 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)