B
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13 -- countries targeted by malvertising for Asia Pacific region (2026-04)
A malvertising operation in the Asia Pacific region targeted users across 13 countries between January and April 2026.
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13
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Data Vintage
2026-04
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Bitdefender
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Tier B
https://martechasia.net/news/malvertising-campaigns-target-13-asia-pacific-countries-with-investment… ↗
Source Article
Malvertising campaigns target 13 Asia Pacific countries with investment and health scams | MartechAsia
Researchers discover over 400,000 fraudulent advertisements across one social media firm’s platforms that deploy AI-themed lures alongside fake applications, news tactics.
Threat researchers have discovered a large-scale malvertising operation targeting users across 13 countries in the Asia Pacific …
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Bitdefender
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Bitdefender threat researcher findings released 2 June 2026
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Asia Pacific region: 13 countries targeted by malvertising. Source: Bitdefender (2026-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/apac-malvertising-countries-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/apac-malvertising-countries-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>13</strong> -- countries targeted by malvertising for Asia Pacific region<br><small>Source: Bitdefender (2026-04) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/apac-malvertising-countries-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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