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Android Ad-Fraud Scheme
2018-10-25 11:49

BuzzFeed is reporting on a scheme where fraudsters buy legitimate Android apps, track users' behavior in order to mimic it in a way that evades bot detectors, and then uses bots to perpetuate an ad-fraud scheme. After being provided with a list of the apps and websites connected to the scheme, Google investigated and found that dozens of the apps...


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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/10/android_ad-frau.html

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