The actual study is http://forensiq.com/download/Forensiq-MobileDeviceHijacking-201507.pdf http://forensiq.com/download/Forensiq-MobileDeviceHijacking-... High

The actual study is http://forensiq.com/download/Forensiq-MobileDeviceHijacking-201507.pdf http://forensiq.com/download/Forensiq-MobileDeviceHijacking-... Highlights: * For each suspect app, they took a factory-reset device or emulator, installed it, then observed packet captures * They estimated advertisers lose 13% of ad spend to fraud * They captured a script that simulated random clicks on advertisers' landing pages * They observed evidence of malicious apps spoofing the IDs of legitimate apps that don't show adds * Malicious apps would "establish on average 1100 connections per minute and communicate with 320 ad networks, ad servers, exchanges and data providers in the course of an hour"