Categories: Threat Intelligence Tags: ad fraud Tags: popunder Tags: ads Tags: fraud Tags: wordpress Tags: plugins Popunders are the ideal vehicle to serve ad fraud. In this case, we investigate a scheme where a webpage you can’t see is loading a bunch of ads while code mimics user activity by scrolling and visiting links. |
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Read moreCategories: Apple Categories: News Tags: VASTFLUX Tags: HUMAN Tags: fast flux Tags: VAST Tags: Matryoshka Tags: JavaScript Tags: JS Tags: iOS Tags: ad fraud Tags: malvertising Tags: Video Ad Serving Template Tags: VAST Tags: command-and-control Tags: C2 An evasive ad fraud campaign affecting iOS users has come to light. It’s called VASTFLUX. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: security vulnerabilities Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: lock and code Tags: SevenRooms Tags: adult popunder Tags: ad fraud Tags: AV-TEST Tags: Gemini Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: Play ransomware Tags: ransomware Tags: blocking IP addresses Tags: BEC scam Tags: BEC Tags: Bricklink Tags: Lego Tags: Netflix Tags: Disney+ Tags: password sharing Tags: The Guardian Tags: ransomware attack Tags: Godfather malware Tags: Godfather Tags: Android banking malware The most interesting security related news from the week of December 19 to 25. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:20:04 +0000
German ISPs are working on the introduction of TrustPid. A supercookie that is intended to replace tracking cookies.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:14:35 +0000
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| We look for answers in a long-running and yet mysterious malware campaign that has compromised thousands of websites to date. Categories: Tags: ad fraudAndroidAPKfake jquerymalvertisingtraffic |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| The latest round of vulnerable WordPress plugins leads to an active traffic monetization campaign via hacked websites. Categories: Tags: ad fraudEasy WP STMPhackedmalvertisingpluginsscamsskimmerSocial WarfaretrafficWordPress GDPR |
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Credit to Author: Rowland Yu| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:01:54 +0000
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| Bots are an endless source of debate online, but all we ever hear about are the bad ones. In this post, we look at some examples you’ve probably already run into, and explain why one person’s good bot is another organization’s bad one. Categories: Tags: ad fraudAIbad botsbidding botbotschat botsmindless botssnipers |
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