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400,000
400,000 -- fraudulent ad instances for Asia Pacific social media advertising platforms (2026-04)
More than 400,000 scam ad instances were observed across Meta platforms in 13 Asia Pacific countries between January and April 2026.
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400,000
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2026-04
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Bitdefender
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https://martechasia.net/news/malvertising-campaigns-target-13-asia-pacific-countries-with-investment… ↗
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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 observation of malvertising campaigns across social media platforms in 13 APAC countries
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Asia Pacific social media advertising platforms: 400,000 fraudulent ad instances. Source: Bitdefender (2026-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/apac-scam-ad-instances-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/apac-scam-ad-instances-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>400,000</strong> -- fraudulent ad instances for Asia Pacific social media advertising platforms<br><small>Source: Bitdefender (2026-04) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/apac-scam-ad-instances-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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