Facebook has filed a lawsuit today against two Android app developers for infecting their users with malware that faked clicks on ads. Both the Hong Kong-based JediMobi and the Singapore-based LionMobi were a part of the social media giant’s Audience Network. The program lets Facebook’s advertisers host their ads on participating mobile apps, whose developers receive a payout if a user clicks through. In the case of JediMobi and LionMobi, Facebook alleges that many of ad clicks generated through their apps weren’t from an actual human.
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August 09, 2019
The issue of cybercrooks exploiting major app stores and social media platforms in their click fraud schemes has been on the rise in frequency and sophistication over the past year. What makes this case unique is not only Facebook’s unprecedented lawsuit, but also the fraudsters’ creation of apps to carry out ad fraud. This campaign reflects bad actors’ thorough familiarity with the Facebook ad ecosystem, and points to the sheer difficulty of vetting apps that are sold on today’s major.....Read More
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