John Z Black

Searching for Tax Forms? Malicious Google Ads Want to Kill Your Antivirus First

John Z Black Mar 25, 2026

Threat Intelligence #malvertising #byovd #screenconnect #edr #tax-season #endpoint-security #huntress

A malvertising campaign running since January targets W2 and W9 searchers with a kill chain that disables endpoint security at the kernel level before installing remote access malware. Your antivirus can't stop it once it's running.

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Attacker Scale in 2026: Botnets, EDR Killers, and Phishing-as-Operations

John Z Black Mar 20, 2026

Threat Intelligence #byovd #edr-evasion #phishing #botnets #threat-operations #malware-economics

From BYOVD-based EDR suppression to tax-season phishing pipelines and botnet disruption, attacker scale now comes from operational integration, not one breakthrough trick.

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