EX.CO and GeoEdge Team Up to Shut Down Video Malvertising
EX.CO and GeoEdge partner to combat video malvertising with real-time ad protection that shields publishers from auto-redirects and keeps revenue streams secure.
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AdLib Media Group and Jounce Media Join Forces to Combat MFA Traffic
In an effort to guarantee that advertisers focus their media investments on premium publishers to drive real consumer engagement, AdLib is providing agencies with tools to optimize their digital ad spend by connecting Jounce Media's advanced MFA detection technology to automatically block low-quality traffic.
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HUMAN’s Satori Team Uncovers Konfety Fraud Operation With New Malvertising Tactics
HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence Team began noticing that apps that don’t offer advertising were generating an abundance of IVT traffic. Concerned, they began studying the traffic source and, in the process, discovered a massive mobile malvertising scheme that used highly sophisticated tactics.
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Automatic Redirects Flood Video Ad Space (and it’s Just Getting Started)
Video advertising has always been a bright spot for the industry: effective, profitable, and malware-free. Because it’s threat-free, AdOps teams don’t need to spend a lot of time scanning for scams. Sadly, that is changing rapidly. Earlier this year, I wrote about ScamClub’s breach into the video channel, successfully injecting…
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AdMonsters Publisher Pulse Survey: Unlock the Keys to Ramp Up Your Revenue Strategies
We want to understand where you see the biggest opportunities and challenges in the digital publishing landscape. Your feedback will help us identify key trends, innovative strategies, and potential obstacles in pursuing sustainable growth and profitability.
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ID Bridging Explained: Benefits, Controversies, and the Battle for Transparency in Digital Advertising
Unfortunately, the buy side and sell sides are at odds again – what else is new in ad tech? The buy side called out publishers and their tech partners for using deceptive practices to identify audiences. The practice in question is a technique called ID bridging. ID bridging has become…
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Why Advertising Standards and Certifications Matter in 2024
The proliferation of low-quality, Made For Advertising (MFA) sites threatens digital advertising’s integrity. To combat this, the industry must adhere to standards set by the Media Rating Council (MRC) and the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG). These certifications ensure transparency and trust, paving the way for a more reliable and sustainable…
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Merry-Go-Round Scheme Conceals Ads for Consumers and Brands
HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence issued a Security Threat Alert this morning, detailing a scheme it calls Merry-Go-Round. At its peak, Merry-Go-Round reached 782 million fraudulent bid requests daily, cleverly evading detection through a sophisticated cloaking mechanism.
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Safeguarding the Digital Ad Ecosystem: Strategies for Ad Fraud Prevention in 2024
With global losses due to ad fraud projected at $100 billion by the end of the year, Ann Tarasewicz, CEO, Axis, takes a look at strategies that ad tech platforms are implementing to enhance ad fraud security in 2024.
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What Every Ad Ops Team Needs to Know About ScamClub’s Malicious VAST & VPAID Attacks
Towards the end of last year, my company began to notice an uptick in malicious redirects stemming from video ad units—a first for the digital media ecosystem. Specifically, scammers have begun injecting malicious redirects through VAST tags that redirect users to a fraudulent website, regardless of whether the ad was…
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