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Hackers Using Ad Networks To Target Users

  • Bloomberg, Wednesday, August 14, 2013 10:43 AM
Why in the world are overseas hackers building their own ad networks? To trick mobile developers into embedding the networks’ code in their apps, so the hackers can distribute their malware alongside legitimate mobile ads, senior security analyst Wade Williamson tells Bloomberg. “That could make mobile muggings even more difficult to escape,” Bloomberg writes.

 


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