Novel-reading apps used users’ phones to generate fake ad traffic

A new mobile ad fraud scheme, dubbed Papyrus, is using a cluster of novel-reading apps to generate hidden browser traffic, according to IAS Threat Lab. Sample novel-reading apps associated with Papyrus (Source: IAS Threat Lab) While a person taps through chapters of a romance or fantasy story, the app is quietly loading websites in a browser window hidden from view, clicking on them, and scrolling through them on its own. “Papyrus is built around BootNova, … More → The post Novel-reading apps used users’ phones to generate fake ad traffic appeared first on Help Net Security.