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Oct 21, 2022 7:29:50 AM

Five Ways Bad Ads Steal Good Money From SSPs

Programmatic and Bad Ads Digital advertising soared 35% to $189 billion in 2021, according to the...

  • Ad Tech

Oct 3, 2022 9:31:08 AM

When X Doesn’t Mark the Spot, Autoclose Interstitial Reduces Churn

Why Interstitials? In 2022, according to Statista there are 6.567 billion smartphone users in the...

  • Ad Tech
  • Confiant

Jul 26, 2022 8:10:15 AM

Red Button Alert: Taboola Native Ads

Confiant Notifies Customers of Security Alert Confiant alerts our customers whenever significant,...

Red Button Alert
  • Publishers
  • Ad Tech

Jul 14, 2022 12:00:00 AM

FizzCore: A Growing Threat to Publishers’ Revenue and Audiences

Threat actors are malicious entities responsible for organizing and executing attacks that...

  • Ad Tech

Feb 25, 2022 8:46:36 AM

Ad-Based Financial Investment Scams - Part III

What is Being Done to Prevent Ad-Based Investment Scams? In Part I and Part II we discussed how...

Ad Based Financial Scams Part III
  • Ad Tech

Feb 15, 2022 10:42:23 AM

Ad-Based Financial Investment Scams - Part II

In Part I we discussed how financial scams were increasing rapidly in Europe. Here’s what’s been...

  • Ad Tech

Feb 3, 2022 10:36:20 AM

Ad-Based Financial Investment Scams - Part I

We have all seen the recent stories on BBC, Guardian, CNN, Reuters, and other news outlets...

  • Cybersecurity
  • Ad Tech

Jan 25, 2022 1:36:04 PM

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...

bad mobile ads
  • Cybersecurity
  • Ad Tech

Oct 22, 2021 12:00:00 AM

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...

  • Privacy
  • Ad Tech

Aug 31, 2021 1:13:00 AM

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...

  • Privacy
  • Ad Tech

Aug 27, 2021 12:58:00 AM

Does Your Cookie Banner Use This Dark Pattern?

Confiant is always on the lookout for security and compliance issues which could be potential risks...

  • Report
  • Ad Tech

Jun 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM

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...

  • Ad Tech
  • Confiant

May 3, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Confiant Now Covers Native Ads

We’re pleased to announce coverage for on-page native ads, expanding support for providers like...

  • Ad Tech

Dec 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Confiant detection & blocking misleading claims: What is it & why it matters

2020 has seen the rise of a specific type of malvertising that is less reliant on previous tactics...

  • Ad Tech

Dec 3, 2020 12:00:00 AM

The Scourge of Misleading Claims

At Confiant, we are doubling down on our commitment to protect publishers and their audience by...

  • Publishers
  • Ad Tech

Aug 31, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Publishers are Worried About Political Ads this Election Season

Online political advertising is exploding. Back in 2008, candidates spent a meager $22.25 million...

  • Report
  • Ad Tech

Aug 11, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Ad Security Issues In July

This is the first of monthly blog posts where we’ll provide a recap of ad security incidents for...

  • Publishers
  • Ad Tech

Jun 30, 2020 12:00:00 AM

A Publisher’s Guide to Evaluating Ad Security and Ad Quality Solutions

Digital publishers seemingly face a dilemma between protecting their audiences from malicious,...

  • Ad Tech
  • Platforms

Jun 23, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Top performing SSPs in Q1 2020?

We recently published a blog post on where attacks occurred in Q1 2020, looking at which countries...

  • Ad Tech

May 27, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Forced redirects now. What's next?

Back in January, our research team uncovered a threat actor, we labeled as FizzCore, who didn't...

  • Ad Tech

Apr 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Success Story: How Complex Media prevents revenue & user disruption by controlling the Ad experience

Complex Media is a multimedia platform and online community that publishes premium content around...

  • Publishers
  • Ad Tech

Mar 17, 2020 12:00:00 AM

What ad quality issues do top publishers care about?

It will come as no surprise to digital publishers that in 2020 ad blockers remain a top cause of...

  • Malvertising
  • Ad Tech

Dec 23, 2019 12:00:00 AM

The Difference Between Malvertising and Ad Fraud (And Why It Matters)

The terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but they mean very different things, and refer to...

  • Malvertising
  • Ad Tech

Dec 23, 2019 12:00:00 AM

4 Reasons Malvertisers are Some of the Most Sophisticated Advertisers

It’s tempting to write off malvertisers as simply an annoyance or unsophisticated criminals, but...

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