Devastatingly Effective Ad Fraud Campaign Targets 11 Million Devices with 1,700 Malicious Apps
Cybersecurity experts have recently discovered and shut down a massive ad fraud campaign targeting over 11 million devices using 1,700 malicious applications from 120 publishers. In a statement from the fraud prevention company known as HUMAN, they share that "VASTFLUX was a malvertising attack that injected malicious JavaScript code into digital ad creatives, allowing the fraudsters to stack numerous invisible video ad players behind one another and register ad views." This