Search results for "malware"

• What Hackers Do With 54B Leaked Cookies
  NordVPN has found billions of ad tracking cookies leaked on the dark web. At least 1.5 billion were from the U.S.
  April 8, 2024  Tags: ad tracking, cookie tracking, cookies, data, email, google, hacking, malware, media buying, microsoft, privacy, research, search, tracking, youtube
• Malware Restores Deleted Cookies To Break Into Google Accounts
  Here's one more reason to say goodbye to tracking browser cookies.
  January 2, 2024  Tags: ad tracking, advertising, cookie tracking, cyber security, digital content, google, internet security, malware, media, media buying, online publishing, publishing, research, search, seo, tracking
• Microsoft Bing Chatbot Pushes Ads With Malware
  The Microsoft Bing Chatbot powered by AI is being injected with malicious ads that promote fake download sites to distribute malware.
  September 29, 2023  Tags: artificial intelligence, chat, chatbots, cyber security, hacking, internet security, malware, microsoft, research, search
• Google Ads Used In Malvertising Attack
  The Royal Ransomware group used Google Ads in a malvertising campaign attack, according to a report published by the Microsoft's Security Threat Intelligence team.
  November 18, 2022  Tags: advertising, blogging, cyber security, email, google, hacking, internet security, malware, microsoft, phishing, research, search, spam, uk
• Russian-Backed Hacking Group Sandworm Deploys New Type Of Malware: Report
  U.S. and U.K. security teams revealed the threat on Wednesday, but did not link it to the Ukraine invasion.
  February 25, 2022  Tags: cyber security, digital, email, hacking, malware, research, uk
• School For Scoundrels: Phishing Kits Lower Barrier To Entry For Email Fraud
  There has been a 55% increase in phishing kits imitating Amazon in October and November, Egress reports.
  November 30, 2021  Tags: amazon, cyber security, digital, email, holiday, malware, online fraud, promotion, research
• Sports TV Piracy Remains A Major Challenge
  Among regular TV sports viewers, 83% access illegal pirated streaming content at least once a week across the globe either paid-for or free, a recent report finds. The Middle East and North Africa have the highest rates of sports pirated content. "With more than half of all fans regularly watching sports content from pirate sources, the industry faces a pressing challenge to reduce illegal consumption and protect the value of sports rights," say the authors of the report.
  October 26, 2020  Tags: analytics, content issues, data, digital, europe, live streaming, malware, middle east, piracy, research, sports, streaming, television
• Malicious Cloned Sites, Malvertising Put Publishers, Advertisers, Consumers At Risk
  Cloned versions of banks such as HSBC and Paragon Bank as well as global media sites experienced major losses and fake news this year.
  October 5, 2020  Tags: ad targeting, advertising, banks, digital, digital content, fake news, malware, news, online publishing, performance marketing, publishing, research, revenue, search, web sites
• Russian Cyberspies Employ Updated Malware: Report
  Security researchers have discovered a new version of the ComRAT malware that is being used by the Russian hacker group Turla. It is controlled through the Gmail web interface. 
  May 26, 2020  Tags: cyber security, email, europe, malware, research, russia
• Nearly 1 In 4 Browsers Have Malware Injecting Ads For Rivals, Other Commerce Sites
  Nearly 25% of browsers visiting an online shopping site contain malware injecting competing or conflicting ads that essentially "hijack" the customer experience that brought them there in the first place. The finding, part of a benchmark study published by Namogoo, estimates that nearly two-thirds of those hijacks are inserting ads redirecting users to a competitor's store, while significant but lower shares redirect them to online gambling or gaming sites, porn sites, or "error alerts" and so-called "clickjacking."
  February 18, 2020  Tags: advertising, digital, malware, research, web sites
• 80% Of U.S. Apps Found To Have 'Dangerous Permissions,' Many From China, Russia, South Korea
  An alarming analysis of mobile apps targeting users released today by Pixalate suggests potential threats to both brand safety and national security. The analysis of the top 10,000 apps installed from Google's PlayStore as of the first three quarters of 2019 shows many have been delisted by Google for proliferating questionable programmatic advertising, as well as serving as a vector for distributing malware.
  December 17, 2019  Tags: advertising, apps, asia, brand safety, cmmr, digital, google, malware, mobile, programmatic, research, search
• Researchers Find Malicious Auto-Redirect Ads In Programmatic Video
  A new form of auto-redirect malvertising hidden in the code of programmatically served video VPAID ads through the global media platform Teads has been revealed by ad security and verification provider GeoEdge. VPAID is a technical script that instructs a video player on what ad to play and determines the length of the ad, when to serve the ad, and where to place it. It is basically the brains behind the function of the ad.
  September 20, 2019  Tags: ad fraud, advertising, digital, internet security, malware, media buying, mobile, phishing, programmatic, research, search, video
• Analysis Reveals 'Brand Safety' Takes Many Forms
  Explicit forms of "criminal activity," including outright fraud, malware, data privacy hacks, etc., take the greatest share of brand safety exploits, according to an analysis presented by TAG (the Trustworthy Accountability Group) during the IAB Tech Lab's "Innovation Day," May 6 in New York City. Other high-ranking brand-safety categories include "negative press" coverage (4.2%), ad placement/content adjacencies (4.18%), questionable "brand partners" (4.1%), data privacy security (3.37%), inferior ad experiences (3.1%) and ad viewability (3.0%).
  May 17, 2019  Tags: ad fraud, advertising, brand safety, data management, digital, hacking, iab, malware, research