--- title: Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack,... description: Attackers are using a traffic-tracking feature in Google Ads to distribute info-stealing malware disguised as legitimate installers for popular workplace... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/attackers-abuse-google-ad-feature-to-target-slack-notion-users-amvwrlmkh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack, Notion Users | daily.dev og:description: Attackers are using a traffic-tracking feature in Google Ads to distribute info-stealing malware disguised as legitimate installers for popular workplace... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/attackers-abuse-google-ad-feature-to-target-slack-notion-users-amvwrlmkh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aMVWrLMkh.png og:image:alt: Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack, Notion Users og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack, Notion Users **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Attackers are using a traffic-tracking feature in Google Ads to distribute info-stealing malware disguised as legitimate installers for popular workplace collaboration apps like Slack and Notion. The malware, known as Rhadamanthys stealer, collects private data from infected systems without the user's knowledge. Users should pay attention to the URLs they see when accessing websites, rather than the URLs shown on ad banners, to avoid falling for malicious campaigns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#slack](https://daily.dev/tags/slack), [#notion](https://daily.dev/tags/notion) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/attackers-abuse-google-ad-feature-to-target-slack-notion-users-amvwrlmkh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack, Notion Users","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/attackers-abuse-google-ad-feature-to-target-slack-notion-users-amvwrlmkh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/attackers-abuse-google-ad-feature-to-target-slack-notion-users-amvwrlmkh"},"datePublished":"2024-04-02T19:40:44.472Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"Attackers are using a traffic-tracking feature in Google Ads to distribute info-stealing malware disguised as legitimate installers for popular workplace...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/308420dcd26f4b003ec0c63e86bc4da9?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/308420dcd26f4b003ec0c63e86bc4da9?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Dark Reading","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Dark Reading","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dr","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dr"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/attackers-abuse-google-ad-feature-to-target-slack-notion-users-amvwrlmkh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"slack,notion","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dark Reading","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack, Notion Users"}]} ```