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LavX News<p>Scallywag: The WordPress Ad Fraud Operation Generating Billions Daily</p><p>A sophisticated ad fraud operation named 'Scallywag' has been uncovered, leveraging WordPress plugins to generate a staggering 1.4 billion fraudulent ad requests each day. Despite significant efforts ...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/scallywag-the-wordpress-ad-fraud-operation-generating-billions-daily" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/scallywag</span><span class="invisible">-the-wordpress-ad-fraud-operation-generating-billions-daily</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/WordPressPlugins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPressPlugins</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>Google's AI-powered defense suspended 39 million advertiser accounts: How Google leverages advanced AI systems to combat fraudulent advertisements. <a href="https://ppc.land/googles-ai-powered-defense-suspended-39-million-advertiser-accounts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/googles-ai-powered-de</span><span class="invisible">fense-suspended-39-million-advertiser-accounts/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a></p>
rijo<p>Bot traffic costing advertisers billions as fraud detection fails, investigation reveals <a href="https://ppc.land/bot-traffic-costing-advertisers-billions-as-fraud-detection-fails-investigation-reveals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/bot-traffic-costing-a</span><span class="invisible">dvertisers-billions-as-fraud-detection-fails-investigation-reveals/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/BotTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BotTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudDetection</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/OnlineAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineAdvertising</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>Bot traffic costing advertisers billions as fraud detection fails, investigation reveals: Comprehensive investigation finds major verification systems routinely miss declared bots operating from data centers, raising questions about industry oversight. <a href="https://ppc.land/bot-traffic-costing-advertisers-billions-as-fraud-detection-fails-investigation-reveals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/bot-traffic-costing-a</span><span class="invisible">dvertisers-billions-as-fraud-detection-fails-investigation-reveals/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BotTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BotTraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FraudDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudDetection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineAdvertising</span></a></p>
Hackread.com<p>NEW ⚠️ Google Play hit by a massive ad fraud campaign as over 300 malicious apps slip through, racking up 60+ million downloads.</p><p>Read: <a href="https://hackread.com/scammers-ad-fraud-apps-google-play-60m-downloads/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackread.com/scammers-ad-fraud</span><span class="invisible">-apps-google-play-60m-downloads/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PlayStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayStore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adfraud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a></p>
LavX News<p>Badbox 2.0: The Hidden Malware Crisis in Cheap Android Devices</p><p>A staggering 1 million Android TV boxes and devices are infected with malware, turning unsuspecting consumers into unwitting participants in ad fraud and cybercrime. The Badbox 2.0 campaign reveals a ...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/badbox-2-0-the-hidden-malware-crisis-in-cheap-android-devices" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/badbox-2-</span><span class="invisible">0-the-hidden-malware-crisis-in-cheap-android-devices</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Badbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Badbox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>ICYMI: Global fraud prevention program saves advertisers $10.8 billion in digital ad fraud: TAG's impact report reveals record-breaking savings for U.S. advertisers through industry-wide anti-fraud initiatives in 2023. <a href="https://ppc.land/global-fraud-prevention-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/global-fraud-preventi</span><span class="invisible">on-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarketingStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingStrategy</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Global fraud prevention program saves advertisers $10.8 billion in digital ad fraud <a href="https://ppc.land/global-fraud-prevention-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/global-fraud-preventi</span><span class="invisible">on-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MarketingTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingTrends</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>ICYMI: Global fraud prevention program saves advertisers $10.8 billion in digital ad fraud: TAG's impact report reveals record-breaking savings for U.S. advertisers through industry-wide anti-fraud initiatives in 2023. <a href="https://ppc.land/global-fraud-prevention-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/global-fraud-preventi</span><span class="invisible">on-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarketingTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingTrends</span></a></p>
rijo<p>Global fraud prevention program saves advertisers $10.8 billion in digital ad fraud <a href="https://ppc.land/global-fraud-prevention-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/global-fraud-preventi</span><span class="invisible">on-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MarketingStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingStrategy</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>Global fraud prevention program saves advertisers $10.8 billion in digital ad fraud: TAG's impact report reveals record-breaking savings for U.S. advertisers through industry-wide anti-fraud initiatives in 2023. <a href="https://ppc.land/global-fraud-prevention-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/global-fraud-preventi</span><span class="invisible">on-program-saves-advertisers-10-8-billion-in-digital-ad-fraud/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarketingStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingStrategy</span></a></p>
PUPUWEB Blog<p>🚨 Malwarebytes reveals 77% of ad accounts used for "malvertising" are only used once, with 90% of malicious ads in search results traced to Pakistan and Vietnam. 🛑💻 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malvertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malwarebytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malwarebytes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberThreats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@yoasif" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yoasif</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jasonkoebler</span></a></span> Thank you for the links. Because of the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> problems with PPA, imho it's more of a privacy risk than a benefit -- the easiest way to "steal conversions" is to get lots of surveillance data</p><p><a href="https://blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-firefox-ad-tracking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-fire</span><span class="invisible">fox-ad-tracking/</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evan</span></a></span> Personally I'm not opposed to web advertising if done right (Kurt Vonnegut was able to quit his day job as a car dealership manager because of sales to ad-supported magazines—constructive web ads could help writers) but the way that Mozilla is going about it is more like <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> in the browser than like the previous "ads in Firefox" projects</p><p>Making it easy for bad sites to "steal attribution" (claim credit for sales) creates surveillance risks to users</p><p><a href="https://blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-firefox-ad-tracking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-fire</span><span class="invisible">fox-ad-tracking/</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>as a wise man once said, "It's even worse than it appears"</p><p>the problem isn't so much that <a href="https://federate.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> is putting ad features in <a href="https://federate.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a>, it's that they're putting <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> in Firefox.</p><p>When ad features make it hard to tell legit sales from fraudulent "stolen conversions" it's easier for bad sites to do adfraud, and they have more incentives to track people to guess who's shopping for what. Even if the browser ad feature is safe on its own, it makes the web more dangerous</p><p><a href="https://blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-firefox-ad-tracking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-fire</span><span class="invisible">fox-ad-tracking/</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.circl.lu/@quinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quinn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@Julia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Julia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@proofnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>proofnews</span></a></span> Yes, there are lots of business models to justify investments in software to flood the zone and in old domains with existing inbound links. (The sites that do <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> tend to stay up even after their adtech companies drop them, for other purposes like serving bogus adware "ad blockers") Reputation management is one more income stream to make running a crap site pencil out</p><p>As legit sites do more to block LLM crawlers, more of the data in training sets will be garbage</p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nazgul</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@howelloneill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>howelloneill</span></a></span> please don't tell anyone that the streaming services are now at about the quality and randomness level of a typical DVD bargain bin until I have had the chance to do a shopping spree of the nearby DVD bargain bins</p><p>(I'm not too worried about the software update life of "smart" TVs. The high-end <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> hackers will figure out how to pwn your TV and keep it updated to lock other hackers out—all you will pay is a little bandwidth to send fake ad data from a home IP address…)</p>
Nemo_bis 🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neil</span></a></span> I think static banners are ok (without any targeting except perhaps for keyword and location matches).<br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2021/08/26/support-public-code-while-helping-support-techdirt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2021/08/26/suppor</span><span class="invisible">t-public-code-while-helping-support-techdirt/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdTech</span></a> is just <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AdFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFraud</span></a>.</p>
Don Marti<p>one other random fact about browsers for Linux (cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@unixmercenary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unixmercenary</span></a></span> )</p><p>Lately "best practices" for <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a>/#martech have included filtering desktop Linux entries out of the logs before analyzing. Because it's so easy to write an <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adfraud</span></a> bot on Linux, the filtering step will mostly be getting low-effort fraud operations that don't bother to compromise a non-Linux system or fake a different OS convincingly. Side effect is that the real Linux users vanish from the stats</p>
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