The Hidden Hazards of Mobile Apps
Consumers are spending more time in mobile apps—and threat actors are finding it a great hunting ground In an era where consumers are spending an average of five hours a day on their phones, predominantly within apps, the mobile landscape presents a lucrative opportunity for advertisers, projected to attract over $400 billion in ad spend […]
VAST Tags With Malicious Intent: Inside GhostCat’s Video Assault
The Media Trust’s Malware Desk takes a deep dive into an expansive phishing attack’s video invasion Externally, it seems like just another Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) tag with a parameter pointing to an MP4 file hosted on a major cloud storage platform. However, this seemingly innocuous advertisement is but the tip of the iceberg—the […]