Google and Bing Search Results Used to Deliver Hidden Banking Phishing Pages

Gbhackers •Mayura Kathir • August 24, 2026

Threat actors are increasingly using Google and Bing as phishing delivery channels, employing a cloaking technique that presents harmless pages to security scanners while serving credential-harvesting banking portals to genuine users. The campaigns target users of major financial institutions and combine -engine optimization abuse, recently registered lookalike domains, and referral-aware payload delivery to extend […]

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