Inside APAC's malvertising ecosystem: How scams spread through social media ads

Bitdefender Labs 2 June 2026, 02:30 EEST

Bitdefender Labs has uncovered a large-scale malvertising ecosystem operating across APAC, where scam campaigns are distributed through paid advertising on Meta platforms and quickly generate massive reach. Key takeaways * Bitdefender Labs identified 12,000 scam campaigns across 13 APAC countries * These campaigns generated more than 400,000 ad sightings through paid ads on Meta platforms…

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