- Yelp Cracks Down On Compensated Reviews
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 25, 2022
Yelp called on other platforms Monday to crack down on reviewers getti ...
- The Best Phishing Email Subject Lines
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Holiday and HR-oriented themes often get employees to open them, KnowBe4 repo ...
- Google Sues Gmail User In Cameroon Over 'Puppy Fraud'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 11, 2022
"Nche Noel Ntse has been perpetrating a puppy fraud scheme to explo ...
- Judge Throws Out Key FTC Claims Against Match.com
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 28, 2022
Largely siding with online dating service Match.com, a federal judge has thro ...
- New Google Workspace Feature Helps Users Avoid Spam, Company Says
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 4, 2022
Google is providing its Workspace customers with a new feature that ...
- AppLovin Partners With HUMAN To Protect Against Fraud, Bot Attacks Across In-App Exchange
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 23, 2022
The partnership with HUMAN will allow agencies, advertisers and publishers to monit ...
- 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 ...
- 83.4 Million U.S. Smartphone Users Will Scan QR Codes This Year
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 15, 2022
QR codes made news after a viewing surge to Coinbase's QR co ...
- CTV Fraud Schemes Cost $144 Million In 2021
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 3, 2022
Four schemes may have cost publishers $1 million to $5 million ...
- FTC: Social Media Scams Tripled In 2021
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Friday, January 28, 2022
In 2021, consumers lost $770 million to social media scams, the F ...
- FTC: Consumers Should Opt Out Of Ad Targeting To Avoid Social Scams
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 27, 2022
"Scammers could easily use the tools available to advertisers on social med ...
- Emails Pretend to Come From U.S. Department Of Labor
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 19, 2022
An email phishing campaign is spoofing the U.S. Department of Labor, pretendi ...
- Scammers Are Using Email To Set Up Phony Apple Tech Support Calls
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 17, 2022
Apple is warning users about emails from scammers attempting to schedule “te ...
- Google Seems To Have Approved An Ad For A Target Gift Card Scam
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 17, 2022
A Reddit user searched for the term “Target gift card balance” ...
- Consumers Offered Tips On How To Minimize Spam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 10, 2022
The Washington Post claims that “email spam is breaking through again.” A ...
- Human Raises $100 Million In Growth Funding
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Human, which protects companies against bot attacks and fraud, experienced accelerated glob ...
- Google Acquires Security Firm Siemplify, Plans To Roll It Into Cloud Services
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Google has acquired Israel-based cybersecurity firm Siemplify, and plans to roll t ...
- New Rule Allowing Email Debt Collection Could Hurt Consumers And Firms, Observers Say
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Collection firms must allow people to opt out of electronic communications. ...
- First 2 Weeks Of December Show Dramatic Retail Increases
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Data from Accertify, an American Express company, shows that the retail indust ...
- Senator Warren Calls For Federal Probe Of Facebook Over 'Potential Reach' Metrics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 10, 2021
A Democratic lawmaker is calling on the Justice Department and Securities a ...
- Consumer Reports Finds Shoppers Fear Fake Influencer Reviews
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, December 13, 2021
Most consumers have read reviews they thought were fake, and 26% a ...
- Neutronian Certifies DoubleVerify, Launches NQI Transparency Ratings Report
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 8, 2021
DoubleVerify has received Cookieless Certification, an independent verification that data sellers ...
- Cyber Thieves Send Messages Pretending To Be From Delivery Firms
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, December 6, 2021
Gmail and Outlook are warning users to beware of a new wa ...
- School For Scoundrels: Phishing Kits Lower Barrier To Entry For Email Fraud
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 30, 2021
There has been a 55% increase in phishing kits imitating Amazon ...
- Pixalate Increases Ad Supply Path Transparency To Identify Fraud Risk
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 15, 2021
Pixalate has created technology that analyzes the path of programmatic impressions ...
- 'Methbot' Digital Ad Fraudster Gets 10-Year Prison Term
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, November 15, 2021
A Russian national who created a fake network that defrauded thousands ...
- Norton Rebrands To Dominate Very Crowded Space
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 10, 2021
NortonLifeLock on Wednesday announced a new promise for the Norton brand alo ...
- Study: Some Consumers Blame Banks, Mobile Networks For Scams
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Consumers are increasingly holding banks, retail stories and mobile providers accountable f ...
- Neeva Search Engine Turns On NewsGuard Service
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Neeva, an ad-free subscription-based search startup founded by former head of Goog ...
- Google Found To Have Highest Number Of Fake Reviews
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 28, 2021
Uberall partnered with The Transparency Company, which uses AI to find fa ...