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    Aug 10

    📢 GeoEdge’s security researchers have identified the first ad-based cybercrime aimed at home-network-based IoT devices below👀

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  2. Retweeted
    Aug 12

    New threat identified by targets in-home, network-based devices

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  3. Retweeted
    Aug 11

    A big thank you to the sponsors of including Journalism Project, & PRConnect. 🙏💗💻

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  4. Aug 12

    3. apps and are not sufficient to identify or block attacks on home-based or industrial IoT devices from malicious online advertising. The single method to defend against such threats is to prevent malicious ads from being rendered.

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  5. Aug 12

    . If left undetected, this new vector puts millions of global IoT devices at risk by potentially exposing personal and enterprise networks and infrastructures to manipulation.

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  6. Aug 12

    1. The attack infiltrates devices via mobile ads and infects devices without requiring users to click on an ad or scroll through an infected page.

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  7. Aug 12

    🛡️ GeoEdge recently uncovered the first ad-based cybercrime covertly injecting into smart-home devices. So, what do you need to know?

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  8. Retweeted
    Aug 9

    Malvertising is no longer just for your computers and phones. If it's connected to the internet, it's at risk. According to , this is the first to use online advertising to silently install apps on home WiFi-connected IoT devices:

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  9. Retweeted
    Aug 11

    We recently partnered with and to solve a global malvertising attack which targeted smart home IoT devices, as part of our commitment to ensuring a clean and safe advertising experience for all players in the ecosystem. Read more here:

    Cybersecurity research by GeoEdge and our partners at and revealed the first global-scale malvertising attack installing malware on home IoT devices through malicious ad campaigns
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  10. Aug 10

    🛡Antivirus apps and firewalls are insufficient means to block the recent ad-based cybercrime on home-network based IOT devices. Full story below👇🏽

    A malicious advertising campaign from Eastern Europe is targeting devices connected to home networks.
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    Aug 10

    Fascinating but terrifying! security research has revealed a malicious mobile ad campaign targeting home IoT devices by

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  12. Aug 10

    Cybersecurity research by GeoEdge and our partners at and revealed the first global-scale malvertising attack installing malware on home IoT devices through malicious ad campaigns

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  13. May 25

    Kids under the age of 16 make up roughly 40% of all internet users. GeoEdge and will host a live event delving into the current state of children’s digital experience and how to maintain a clean and safe virtual playground. Secure your spot👉🏽

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  14. May 20

    Our partnership with expands user protection to the Mobile Advertising ecosystem through GeoEdge's advanced security detection, enforcing a new ad quality standard! Find the article here:   

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  15. May 6

    Deep code analysis here:

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  16. May 6

    After cleaning the obfuscation we can clearly see the WebGL fingerprinting with several interesting function calls: w(), x() and q():

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  17. May 6

    The attacker implemented an obfuscated fingerprinting script placed in the banner’s pre-loading stage. Let’s focus on some interesting functions like the below function

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  18. May 6

    Clicking on the deceptive ad transferred users to this spoofed landing page

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  19. May 6

    Users across the United States were served deceptive clickbait campaigns featuring

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  20. May 6

    The sophisticated threat actors inserted fingerprinted script in the banner pre-loading stage, controlling the display of both the banner and the landing page, in addition to a server-side placed on the deceptive landing pages to evade security solutions.

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