- Amazon Sues Text-Messaging Scammers For Impersonation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 13, 2021
Amazon is suing dozens of affiliate marketers for allegedly impersonating the company in text messages, in order to generate fraudulent traffic. ...
- Imported Can-Spam: How GDPR Affects Email Marketing From The U.S.
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 14, 2021
There are some differences that brands should be aware of before they try to market in Europe. ...
- Inexpensive Email Dumps Being Offered On The Dark Web
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 10, 2021
With cybercrime on the rise, there are more types of data available, Privacy Affairs reports. ...
- Broadband Industry Financed Phony Comments Against Net Neutrality
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 6, 2021
"In April 2017, the country's largest broadband companies banded together to fund a campaign to generate millions of comments for the FCC's 2017 net neutrality rulemaking proceeding," a new repo ...
- Scammers Pretend to Be From Best Buy's Geek Squad In Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 23, 2021
Elderly consumers are being scammed by emails purporting to be from Best Buy’s Geek Squad. One victim signed up for the Geek Squad when she bought
a MacBook computer. ...
- 1 In 5 Fake Ecommerce Listings Come From 3% Of Sellers
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 23, 2021
A study by Incopro found that a core group of repeat sellers are responsible for a disproportionate share of illicit activity across 34 online marketplaces and social sites. The glob ...
- HUMAN, Google, Roku Squash CTV Botnet After It Impersonates Billions Of Ad Requests
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Chief scientist at cybersecurity firm HUMAN Michael McNally publicly called on the ad industry to implement standards and upgrade practices to prevent fraud in CTV devices after finding a sophisticat ...
- Hackers Impersonate Bloomberg Employees
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Hackers are posing as Bloomberg employees in a new email attempt to install remote access software on target computers. The effort has gone beyond bumbling emails in broken
English. ...
- Consumers Have Lost Hundreds Of Millions In COVID-19 Fraud: FTC
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 19, 2021
The FTC has filed numerous enforcement actions and warned many firms to cease and desist. ...
- Crypto Firm Email Data Exposed Due To Hack Of Third-Party System: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 15, 2021
Some Celsius clients were sent a fraudulent email announcement, the firm says in an email. ...
- Deepfakes A Growing Cyberthreat Concern
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Deepfakes have become a weaponized AI tool of concern to marketers and business execs, part of a growing list of automated cyberattacks as people spend more time online. ...
- The Growing Victim List: Data Breaches Rose In Q1, Hitting More People
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
The number of people affected by breaches is up from the Q4 2020 total, but down from Q1 2020. Email remains a primary attack vehicle, Identity Theft Resource Center repo ...
- Justice Department Warns About Fake Post-Vaccine Survey Scams
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 5, 2021
Fraudulent emails and texts are promising prizes to their intended victims. ...
- White Ops Takes On Human Rebrand
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The company, now owned by Goldman Sachs in partnership with ClearSky Security and NightDragon, said the name reflects its strong commitment to equality and diversity. ...
- Senate Bill Requires Transparency About High-Volume, Third-Party Sellers On Online Marketplaces
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 26, 2021
The INFORM Consumers Act mandates that email addresses and other contact information must be revealed. ...
- Cyber Criminals Send 3 Billion Emails A Day
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Phishing artists are now sending a combined 3 billion emails per day. They spoof the sender identity in the “from” field to lure intended victims into opening the emails. &n ...
- Gen Z Hit Hardest By Digital Fraud One Year After COVID-19, Study Shows
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Fraudsters were more likely to go after Gen Z, at 44%, and Millennials, at 37%, more than any other age group. Those numbers increased in the U.S., at 53% a ...
- Media-Bias Chart Provides In-Depth View, Greater Control For Media Buys Based On Brand Values
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 19, 2021
Ad Fontes Media is releasing a premium version of its media-bias chart to help advertisers determine where to buy media based on brand values. The list names hundreds of onli ...
- Payment Fraud Rose In 2020, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 19, 2021
Accertify finds that 38% of merchants saw an increase in payment fraud last year. ...
- California Bans Dark Patterns, And Institutes Privacy Options Icons
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
California has added new rules under the CCPA that would prohibit the use of dark patterns. These widespread tricks frustrate or delay people from opting out of the sale ...
- Identity Theft On The Rise, Experienced By Almost Half Of U.S. Consumers: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Total economic losses from ID theft could hit $635.4 billion by 2023, Aite reports. ...
- Trustworthy Accountability Group Certifies 234 Companies This Year
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The Trustworthy Accountability Group has awarded 234 companies at least one "certification" for 2021. TAG offers "seals" in fraud, piracy, malware and brand safety to member companies that meet t ...
- TAG Rolls Out Anti-Fraud And Brand-Safety Certifications In China
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 1, 2021
The Trustworthy Accountability Group and China Advertising Association will begin issuing certifications immediately to companies that meet the groups' anti-fraud and brand-safety standards. ...
- Google Hit With Class-Action Complaint Over 'Worthless' Gift Cards
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 1, 2021
A new lawsuit claims Google's anti-fraud efforts effectively prevent some people from redeeming Google Play gift cards. ...
- Marketing Fraud A Much Bigger Problem Than Marketers Realize, Study Shows
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, March 1, 2021
Two-thirds of marketers in a White Ops survey experienced fraud in the past year. The percentage rises when the marketing budget exceeds $5 million annually. ...
- Irish Data Protection Commission Concluded 4,476 GDPR Cases In 2020: Report
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 1, 2021
The leading cause of complaints was the inability to access personal data, the Irish Data Protection Commission says. ...
- Microsoft Email Users Targeted In Phishing Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 25, 2021
Microsoft users have received phishing emails that claim they are from FedEx and DHL Express. The goal is to swipe email account credentials. ...
- Vendor Email Compromise Fraud Is Surging, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 19, 2021
Firms face an 82% increase in the likelihood of SolarWinds-style vendor email compromise (VEC) attacks in a given week, Abnormal Security reports. ...
- BEC Attacks The Biggest Risk To Banks: Survey
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are the greatest business risk to banks, according to 86% of survey respondents. The second greatest risk is account takeovers. ...
- Bidstack, Moat Work With Dentsu To Thwart In-Game Ad Fraud
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 12, 2021
On Friday Dentsu and Moat shared performance and verified general invalid traffic data from a campaign featured in the video game "Football Manager 21." that ran in the U.K. ...
