Tax-Themed Google Ads Lead to BYOVD EDR Killer in Huntress-Traced Malvertising Campaign

Every April, millions of Americans rush to file taxes before the deadline — and attackers count on it. A large-scale malvertising campaign, active since at least January 2026, has been exploiting that urgency by placing fake tax form pages through Google Ads, ultimately deploying a kernel-mode EDR killer on victim machines. The campaign targeted U.S. […]

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