IntroductionIn August 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz analyzed a phishing campaign that used fraudulent Google ads to target Ledger hardware wallet users. The ads redirected users through Google Cloud Storage and Vercel to a Google Sites page containing a phishing page impersonating Ledger in an iframe. During our analysis, the Vercel redirect appeared to change every 15-20 minutes.
Threat Actors Use Google Ads To Target Ledger Users
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