- Google Names Ad Networks Responsible For Ad Injectors
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 7, 2015
Google has released the names of companies profiting from injecting ads in ...
- Google's Project Fi And The Next Challenge To Protect Data
Data and Targeting Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 29, 2015
If Google's Project Fi proves successful, users may become even more cautio ...
- Google DoubleClick Network Hit With More Malvertising
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 17, 2015
Researchers at Malwarebytes Labs have discovered another malvertising campaign, likely from t ...
- Google, Yahoo Encrypting Ad Network Connections
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 20, 2015
Google and Yahoo in separate announcements said they will individually encrypt ...
- 'Booby-Trapped' Ad Delivered Via RTB Reveals The Ever Evolving World Of Ad Fraud
RTBlog, Tyler Loechner - Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Over the weekend, Malwarebytes Labs discovered a "booby-trapped" ad that infected use ...
- 5% of Google Site Visitors Have An Ad Injector Installed
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Google wants to rid ad-injecting extensions from its Chrome browser after findi ...
- Google Disables Some Ad-Injecting Extensions For Chrome
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Google says that nearly 200 ad-injecting extensions for the Chrome browser recent ...
- Mobile Malware On The Rise
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, February 16, 2015
Worldwide, malware infections in mobile devices increased by 25% in 2014 ...
- Web's Big Players Team Up To Tackle Malware
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 12, 2015
Facebook has launched a new platform to tackle malware and spam attac ...
- Android Users Warned Of Rogue Adware
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 5, 2015
Android users have been warned to be on the lookout for suspicio ...
- Mobile Malware On The Rise
MoBlog, Erik Sass - Tuesday, January 20, 2015
And this is why humanity can't have nice things: As soon ...
- Google Adverts Malware Advertising Hijack
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 15, 2015
At least two AdWords campaigns were hijacked by scammers who modified legitima ...
- Malware Advertising Infects HuffPo, Yahoo News, AOL's Ad Network, Match, TMZ, Many More
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 9, 2015
The Huffington Post, Yahoo News, AOL, Match, Weather, TMZ and many oth ...
- Another Report Identifies Growing Bot Traffic
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, December 21, 2014
A report found that bot traffic volumes fell to 56%, from 6 ...
- Retailers Waste More Than Half Of Digital Budgets On Bot Traffic
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, December 19, 2014
Suspicious Web traffic in the U.S. rose 36% sequentially in the thi ...
- Meet The Mobile App Install Addict
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Mobile app "Install Addicts" -- consumers who download more than 17 ap ...
- Facebook Teams With ESET To Combat Malware
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, December 3, 2014
In response to growing security concerns, Facebook on Wednesday announced a partnersh ...
- Smartphone Flaw Lets Dangerous Apps Masquerade As Legitimate
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 2, 2014
What has the industry done to fix holes in mobile apps? Earli ...
- Ad Trade Groups To Form New Anti-Fraud Unit
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, October 1, 2014
This new collective organization will build upon the initial work laid o ...
- Google Triples Bounty On Chrome Bugs
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Google has increased the maximum reward for hackers seeking to find a ...
- DoubleClick, Zedo Found Serving Malware: Last.fm, Other Publishers Infected
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, September 21, 2014
Researchers at Malwarebytes have identified malicious code serving through advertisements from Google ...
- Martin Sorrell Thinks The Shift Of Programmatic Buying From Agency To Client Is A Short-Term Trend
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Sunday, September 21, 2014
Oh, but wait, says know-it-all Sir Martin Sorrell. "It's a temporary phenomeno ...
- Hackers Winning The Battle Against Malware, Viruses
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Hackers slipping malicious software into online advertisements and emails continue to crea ...
- Sprint Reaches Into Google's Cloud-Based Apps Services
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 24, 2014
Sprint plans to offer Google Apps for Business services in a mo ...
- IAB Aims To Eliminate Robot Clicks With New Initiative
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 9, 2014
The Interactive Advertising Bureau today launched an anti-malware initiative, which aims ...
- Grams Resembles Google, But Searches For Illegal Items
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 18, 2014
Now there's a search engine for guns, drugs, stolen credit cards a ...
- Dear Customer, Don't Click Here For Heartbleed
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 11, 2014
Naked Security urges companies fixing their Web site log-ins based on t ...
- IAB Appoints Cunningham VP Technology, Ad Operations
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 11, 2014
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has appointed Scott Cunningham vice president of technolo ...
- Ads Are Dirtier Than Porn... In Spreading Mobile Malware
Mobile Marketing Daily, Steve Smith - Thursday, March 6, 2014
The explosion in mobile Web ads brought with it a surge ...
- Google Acquires Spider.io To Fight Ad Fraud
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 21, 2014
Google announced Friday the acquisition of Spider.io, a company that spent t ...