BiteLoader: A New Steganographic Malvertising Framework Targeting Mobile and In-App Environments
The Media Trust Digital Security & Operations team has identified a new multi-stage malvertising framework, now referred to as BiteLoader. Since first detection in December 2025, we have confirmed 25 unique incidents across the advertising ecosystem. Our team has identified five distinct detection signatures currently being used to track and mitigate this activity. BiteLoader represents […]
What App Store Is That?!?
A great running gag in the American comedy classic “Coming to America” is McDowell’s, a fast-food restaurant in Queens, NY, that’s an obvious rip-off of McDonalds, complete with golden arches (“Golden Arcs,” owner Cleo McDowell would correct you). Instead of the Big Mac, McDowell’s offers the exact same as the Big Mick… Except no sesame […]