Search Results: AdFraud

Google removed 224 malware-laced Android apps behind 'SlopAds'—a sophisticated ad fraud campaign generating 2.3 billion daily fraudulent ad requests. The operation used steganography and Firebase evasion to infect 38 million devices before detection. This takedown exposes escalating threats to mobile ecosystem integrity.

Google has launched a high-stakes lawsuit against the unknown operators of the BadBox 2.0 botnet, a sophisticated operation compromising over 10 million Android devices globally. The botnet, exploiting insecure AOSP hardware and malicious apps, fuels large-scale ad fraud against Google's platforms and sells infected devices as residential proxies, posing a significant and growing cybersecurity threat.