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Google Removed Malicious Android Apps Showing Out-of-Context Ads

Many more malicious Android apps flooded the Google Play Store. These apps targeted Android users with out-of-context and privacy intrusive ads. Android Apps Showing

SilentFade Malware Executed Ad Fraud On Facebook Since 2016

Facebook has recently shared its findings regarding a long-running ad fraud campaign. The ad fraud still continues leveraging the SilentFade malware that steals

TERRACOTTA Ad Fraud Botnet Targeted Android Play Store

One more time, the Android Play Store has made it to the news due to a security problem. This time, the researchers discovered an ad fraud botnet, TERRACOTTA, targeting

Dozens Of Malicious Android Apps On Play Store Barraged Users With Ads

Another day, and here comes another report of nasty Android apps flooding Play Store. Once again, numerous malicious Android apps surfaced online that targeted users

Tekya Malware Targets 1 Million Android Users Through Malicious Apps On Play Store

While Google employs some tough policies for app developers to keep the Play Store safe, yet it never remains so. Once again, criminal hackers managed to ditch Google’s

Facebook Filed Lawsuit Against Chinese Firm For Ad Fraud

Facebook has recently filed a lawsuit against a Chinese malware operator for ad fraud. As revealed, the tech giant believes that the Chinese firm abused Facebook’s

Fake JQuery Campaign On the Rise For Ad Fraud And Malvertising

Some malware campaigns seemingly never stop, rather they keep coming back again and again to prey on users. One such malware campaign involving fake jQuery has returned.

Google Launches New Policy Manager To Tackle Bad Ads

Every year, Google shares updates about how they handle malicious and scam advertisements. This year, Google announced the launch of a new Policy Manager for a

Hacker Alexander Zhukov Extradited to US After Infecting Over 1.7 Million Computers

News disclosed on the Russian version of Facebook, VK, states that Bulgaria has extradited Russian hacker Alexander Zhukov to the US on 18th January. The news was

Designing Bots to Combat Digital Ad Fraud

There are few things as frustrating to marketers as digital ad fraud. On the rise since the beginning of digital advertising, online ad fraud can take many forms.

Can the Blockchain Stop Ad Fraud?

More often than not disruptive changes in an industry come from outside, rather than from within an industry. People inside the industry tend to tinker at the margins,