- Microsoft Windows Puts Pop-Up Ads Into Google Chrome
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 15, 2024
Microsoft is reportedly once again using pop-up ads in Google's browser ...
- TAG Broadsides Pirates, Uses Pre-Bid Exclusion Lists
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 28, 2024
The new initiative will harness information compiled by companies that aim ...
- Google Top Search Results Might Be Wrong
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 19, 2024
Spammers use AI tools to create content and get people to downlo ...
- Google Search Ad Scams: Will LLMs And GAI Make It Worse?
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 12, 2024
The internet economy and the introduction of large language models and generati ...
- The New Game: Gmail, Yahoo Mail Changes Take Effect Feb. 1
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Bulk senders - those sending 5,000 or more emails via Gmail ...
- Malware Restores Deleted Cookies To Break Into Google Accounts
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Here's one more reason to say goodbye to tracking browser cookies. ...
- Google Sues 'Scammers' Spreading Malware Via Bard Download Ads
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, November 13, 2023
"Our first lawsuit targets bad actors who misled numerous people around t ...
- Facebook Ads Spread Malware In Fake Google Bard Downloads
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 13, 2023
Social media has turned into an easy tool to spread misinformation a ...
- Microsoft Bing Chatbot Pushes Ads With Malware
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 29, 2023
The Microsoft Bing Chatbot powered by AI is being injected with malicio ...
- Threat Report Finds Malvertising Accelerating Due To Weak Ad Market
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, August 17, 2023
The report, the first in a quarterly series published by TAG's Malvertisi ...
- Google Urges Gmail Users To Sign Up For Enhanced Safe Browser
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 7, 2023
The Enhanced Safe Browser tool checks whether visited sites are malicious ...
- Court Revives Cybersecurity Company's Claims Against Competitor
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 5, 2023
Siding against Malwarebytes, a court on Friday revived claims that the cybersecuri ...
- Apple Prevents 84,000 Fraudulent Apps From Reaching Users
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Apple through its App Store stopped more than $2 billion in unauthoriz ...
- Google Makes Ad-Network Policy Updates
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Google has updated two ad-network policies. The first, Google Ads malicious ...
- AI Puff: Don't Fire Your Live Copywriters Just Yet
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 17, 2023
Marketing emails should not be written by ChatGPT. It takes a hum ...
- HUMAN Shuts Down Operation Accounting For 12B Fraudulent Ad Requests Daily
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 19, 2023
The sophisticated ad-fraud operation, VASTFLUX, consisted of more than 1,700 spoofed ap ...
- Google Ads Served Malware, Draining An NFT Influencer's Crypto Wallet
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 16, 2023
Malware delivered in Google Ads is said to have drained an influencer ...
- Supreme Court Won't Stop Meta From Suing NSO Group Over Spyware
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 9, 2023
The Supreme Court Monday left in place a decision allowing Meta Platfor ...
- El Faro Journalists Sue Over Pegasus Spyware
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 30, 2022
"The Pegasus attacks have profoundly disrupted plaintiffs' lives and work," journalists wi ...
- Biden Administration Sides With Meta In Battle Over Pegasus Spyware
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Israeli company NSO Group, which allegedly distributed malware to WhatsApp users' phone ...
- Google: How Big A Problem Is Spam?
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 21, 2022
About three-quarters of the way into a Wired article published Monday abo ...
- Google Ads Used In Malvertising Attack
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 18, 2022
The Royal Ransomware group used Google Ads in a malvertising campaign attac ...
- Sellers.guide Releases Publisher Site Ranking For Fraud, Malware, Unsafe Online Traffic
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 20, 2022
Food, Home & Garden, and Travel are the categories less likely ...
- Study: Most Firms Have Had An Email Security Episode
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 22, 2022
A report by AimPoint Group found that 92% of firms have experienc ...
- SCOTUS Asks Biden Administration To Weigh In On Facebook Fight With Spyware Company
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 6, 2022
The battle between Facebook and NSO Group stems from reports that t ...
- Spyware Developer Wants Supreme Court To Block Facebook's Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 8, 2022
"This dispute has significant implications for the United States' foreign relations," N ...
- SMBs Lack Cyber Protection, Many Think They're Too Small To Need It, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Over half of SMBs don't have protection, but many are taking measur ...
- Russian-Backed Hacking Group Sandworm Deploys New Type Of Malware: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 25, 2022
U.S. and U.K. security teams revealed the threat on Wednesday, but d ...
- Phishing Grounds: Ransomware, Malware And BEC Attacks Boomed Last Year
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 22, 2022
More than half of firms infected with ransomware paid a ransom, a ...
- Phishing Scheme Hits Email Platform Zimbra: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, February 7, 2022
A two-wave attack is targeting European governments and media, Volexity writes. ...