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FBI Catches Estonian Crime Ring, 4M Computers Infected

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November 11th 2011
Author
Sarah Novotny

ADOTAS – Yesterday, the FBI announced the dismantling of an international crime ring and the arrest of six Estonian nationals who have been charged with infecting millions of computers worldwide in an effort to manipulate the multi-billion dollar online ad industry. Manhattan Assistant U.S. Attorney Janice Fedarcyk commented on what was [...] more...

Again Google Zaps Bad Apps Remotely

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March 7th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Despite the shock it sent through the mobile industry in June, the Google again used a remote nuke to wipe out malicious apps on Android-powered mobile devices. Google showcased the power of the remote application removal feature to manage the ongoing fallout from a series of malware attacks dubbed [...] more...

Block Lists Are Bandaids in the War Against Malware Attacks

Written on
January 13th 2011
Author
Michael Caruso

ADOTAS – One of our industry’s most valuable assets — customer trust — is under threat from malware. Malicious code in display advertising continues to grow at an alarming rate; more than 1 million ad impressions per day are infected. Overall, 1.3 million websites host malware, and third-party advertising is one of [...] more...

The Silence of the Spam

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October 12th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Around Oct. 3, it suddenly became quiet — too quiet — on the global spam front. After hitting a new peak at the end of June, spam levels took a deep dive from August to October, resulting in the lowest spam level in years recorded on Oct. 3. So [...] more...

Proposing a Verification Bill of Rights

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August 19th 2010
Author
Jay Friedman

ADOTAS – When there was just a network or two and those networks had 50-100 sites in their site list, it was easy to police and make sure ads didn’t run where they weren’t supposed to. Now with 50 or more third-party networks, some claiming 20,000 sites (really?), it’s not [...] more...

DoubleVerify Opens a Fraud Lab

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July 21st 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – No matter how popular it gets and how many spinoffs are launched, I can’t get into “CSI”; I’m a “Law & Order” man, plain and simple. Still, there’s something that excites people about the crime lab and forensics science, so ad people might be intrigued to hear that [...] more...

Rubicon Expands the REVVolution With Brand Protection

Written on
June 1st 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

As news broke of The Rubicon Project’s acquisition of malware battler SiteScout, the trolls slithered to the comment section of TechCrunch, though not quite in force this time. “The Rubi-’con’ Project,” wrote one smarmy, anonymous fellow. Making light of Rubicon’s successful venture capital funding, he/she added: “The $42 million joke is [...] more...

New scam with a taste of old con

Written on
November 3rd 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – The proliferation of ad networks and the online ad-buying ecosystem has unfortunately garnered the interest of scammers and spammers, who attempt to use these tools to spread the most malicious of codes. But con artists appear to be taking a step back toward the traditional scam by posing [...] more...

Twitter maven Guy Kawasaki accidently tweets ‘Gossip Girl’ porn malware

Written on
June 24th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The venture capitalist, book author, web site owner and former Apple employee was used by malware trolls to get Twitter followers to link to a site that had a fake sex tape involving “Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester. The site, however, prompted visitors to download malicious software instead. Sophos, [...] more...

Malware, spyware growing threat

Written on
May 4th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The news of the video made it’s way around the web. It showed a web page, and in the background a special script loaded over 1000 different “hidden” advertisements. According to the man who caught the click fraud on video, Vizi CEO Pesach Lattin, former publisher of Adotas, it then [...] more...



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