Ad-Based Financial Investment Scams - Part I
We have all seen the recent stories on BBC, Guardian, CNN, Reuters, and other news outlets...


Are Bad Mobile Ads Contributing to User Churn in Your App?
With mobile ad spend on track to hit $350 billion in 2022, after surpassing $295 in 2021, in-app...

ADTECH Vendor Caught Tampering With Consent Signals
Every trusted signal is a potential target for forgery, and privacy consent signals are no...

Native Ads are Three times more likely to have security issues than banner display ads.
Native ads are designed to blend into content pages in order to be engaging to users, which...

EU Publishers: Are You In the Crosshairs of GDPR Enforcement?
Publishers frequently ask us whether they’re really responsible for their vendors’ use of user...

Ad Serving, Serving Fines: How California is Cracking Down with GPC
As of July 1, 2021, the California Attorney General (AG) began sending violation notifications to...



Security And Quality Violation Rates Increase Across Digital Advertising In Q1 2021
CONFIANT'S MALVERTISING & AD QUALITY INDEX (MAQ) FOR Q1 2021 SHOWS: One in every 150 impressions...

New Privacy Compliance Solution: Monitor and Block Non-Compliant Creatives in Real Time
Confiant Privacy Compliance Product complements CMPs by detecting issues that occur when an ad...


Confiant Now Covers Native Ads
We’re pleased to announce coverage for on-page native ads, expanding support for providers like...

Smart AdServer achieves top ranking in "Most Secure Ad Platform" of 2020 According to Recent Analysis by Confiant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 30, 2021 - According to advertising security leader,...

Confiant Launches New Native Ad
NEW YORK March 25, 2021 – Cybersecurity startup Confiant, Inc., the market leader in ad security...


Looking back on 2020: Review on Malvertising activity and Ad Quality
This gif summed up 2020 fairly well: Source: Giphy Although most of us are glad that the dumpster...



Malvertising activity in November
This blog post series recaps some of the large attacks Confiant observed and prevented during...

Confiant Hires exec Steve Rubinstein for COO role
New York, N.Y., – November, 18, 2020 First-to-market creative verification, ad blocking and...

The Scourge of Misleading Claims
At Confiant, we are doubling down on our commitment to protect publishers and their audience by...

Malvertising activity in September
This blog post will recap some of the large attacks Confiant observed and prevented during...

iPhone Users Warned To Update As 1.1 Billion Badvert Attack Is Confirmed
I first wrote about eGobbler, the prolific threat actor behind malvertising campaigns with a...
