Human Security's Satori researchers warn that threat actors "drove traffic to fake web shops by infecting legitimate websites with a malicious payload. This payload creates fake product listings and adds metadata that puts these fake listings near the top of search engine rankings..."
Users would be directed to a legitimate payment processing platform to buy their chosen product. That product would never arrive, but...the money would certainly be taken.
In the campaign most recently outed, bad actors infected more than 1,000 websites to create and promote fake product listings and built 121 fake web stores to trick consumers...estimating losses of tens of millions of dollars over the past five years.
Product deals that look too good to be true usually are; if a bargain is being offered below market rates, do not proceed unless you can verify the site.
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