{"id":297190,"date":"2017-02-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/inside-ias-fraud-threat-lab-analyzing-malware\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T19:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:59:02","slug":"inside-ias-fraud-threat-lab-analyzing-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/apac\/insider\/inside-ias-fraud-threat-lab-analyzing-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the IAS Threat Lab: analyzing malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Inside the IAS Threat Lab: analyzing malware\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N64I5jjkebY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Integral Ad Science Malware Analyst David Wells gives an account of the fight against ad fraud from the front lines at the <a href=\"\/insider\/category\/topics\/threat-lab\/\">Threat Lab<\/a>. 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