ADEX: 52% of 2026 ad-fraud schemes use AI as cloaking share falls
Across 1.2 million campaigns, iOS scripts and messenger phishing rose while cloaking’s share of suspensions fell to about 45%.
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Ad platform says malware ads fingerprint iOS before payload
ADEX linked about 50 advertiser accounts by shared cloaking behavior and says that does not mean they delivered Coruna.
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“Zero-Code Cloaking”: Attackers Weaponize Google Search and Hacked .ac.th Domain to Bypass Ad Moderation
Attackers chain Google search results, a hacked Thai .ac.th domain, and redirects to push illegal casino ads past moderation, at industrialized scale across gov/edu sites.
Hacked Thai College Website Abused to Redirect Google Searchers to Illegal Online Casino
ADEX uncovered a hacked Thai college domain serving casino pages through real Google search redirects, part of a global campaign compromising government and education sites.
Fake bank websites play dead to evade security scanners
Fortra uncovered Chameleon SEO Poisoning: cloaked typosquat bank sites rank on Google and Bing to steal credentials while evading scanners, with cases up 40% in Q2 2026.