[Stanley]

Vane Viper Generates 1 Trillion DNS Queries to Power Global Malware and Ad Fraud Net

The threat actor known as Vane Viper has been outed as a purveyor of malicious ad technology (adtech), while relying on a tangled web of shell companies and opaque ownership structures to deliberately evade responsibility.
"Vane Viper has provided core infrastructure in widespread malvertising, ad fraud, and cyberthreat proliferation for at least a decade," Infoblox said in a technical report

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/vane-v...n-dns.html

[JoshAllen]

Vane Viper has been in spreading malicious ads and committing fraud for years. They’ve have hidden behind fake companies to avoid getting caught.

They have connections with Monetag and PropellerAds. Very hard to tell which is real or not anymore.

[plops]

I feel like I have heard on vane viper. But it has been a while

[Fish]

Wow, that many DNS queries seems quite impressive to say the least

[Aeowulf]

All the more reason why I won't buy online ads anymore. At least, any with a CPC or CPM structure.

[Oh_Well]

A trillion DNS queries is mind-blowing

[DAL-SHA]

That’s massive—1 trillion DNS queries is wild. Vane Viper built a whole empire off ad fraud. Shows how deep these threats run behind the scenes😵😵