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Malvertising Scams Proliferate Across APAC Via Social Media Ads
Bitdefender Labs has identified a widespread malvertising network operating across 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, distributing over 12,000 scam campaigns through paid advertisements on Meta platforms. Between January and April 2026, researchers Alexandra Svetlana Dinulica and Vlad Mihai Sireanu observed more than 400,000 ad sightings associated with these campaigns.