Key Insights
- Strong, positive correlation (> 0.90) between Bitcoin value and Fizzcore / Bitcoin malvertising campaigns
- 7X increase in celebrity Bitcoin incidents since April; a recent 39% increase affects European users
Recommendations
- Counteract cloaking techniques by executing client-side scans from various geographic locations to ensure creative, tags and landing pages are clean
- Analyze landing pages by clicking through creative to capture the true landing page presented to users
- Update block lists with emerging scam campaign criteria including creatives and tags associated with the scams
