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Aug 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Malvertising in Govt, Enterprise Targets Old Software, Macs

A new report on malicious advertising underscores the importance of using modern web browsers and...

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Aug 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Hackers Have Breached 60 Ad Servers to Load Their Own Malicious Ads

A mysterious hacker group has been taking over ad servers for the past nine months in order to...

  • Press

Aug 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Malvertising Levels Down In 2019; IBVs Petering Out

In 2019, one in every 150 digital ad impressions was dangerous or disruptive to the viewer,...

  • Press

Aug 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM

WOOF locker: Unmasking the browser locker behind a tech support scam

In the early days, practically all tech support scammers would get their own leads by doing some...

  • Press

Dec 8, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Security Concerns Regarding Malvertising are High, Despite Reduction of Bad Ads

Credible publishers who depend on ads to generate revenue online surely understand how troubling...

  • Press

Dec 3, 2019 12:00:00 AM

A Tech Monopoly That Elizabeth Warren Could Love?

LD Mangin, the CEO of the advertising security company Confiant, says it’d be best for his clients...

  • Press

Dec 3, 2019 12:00:00 AM

61% of malicious ads target Windows users

Most malvertising campaigns (malicious ads) target Windows users, according to statistics shared...

  • Press

Dec 2, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Malvertising is on the decline but serious security issues remain

Malvertising is a thorn in the side of legitimate publishers that rely on ads to generate revenue...

  • Press

Nov 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Almost 60% Of Malicious Ads Come from Three Ad Providers

In Confiant's "Demand Quality Report for Q3 2019", the ad fraud and security company analyzed 120...

  • Press

Oct 11, 2019 12:00:00 AM

macOS users targeted with new Tarmac malware

Security researchers have discovered a new piece of Mac malware; however, some of its purpose and...

  • Press

Oct 1, 2019 12:00:00 AM

‘Tarmac’ malware hits Mac computers through malvertising

Mac computers are thought to be one of the most secure personal computers in the market. However, a...

  • Press

Oct 1, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Surge of malicious ads target iOS and macOS users

By exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Safari, cybercriminals were able to serve over...

  • Press

Oct 1, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Malvertising Attack Hijacks 1B+ Sessions With Webkit Exploit

Researchers have discovered a new wave of attacks launched by the threat group eGobbler where...

  • Press

Sep 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Malvertiser exploited 2 browser bugs to show 1 billion malicious ads

Over the past six months, a criminal group specialized in showing malicious ads (malvertising) has...

  • Press

Sep 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Webkit zero-day exploit besieges Mac & iOS with malvertising redirects

Attackers have bombarded the Internet with more than 1 billion malicious ads in less than two...

  • Press

Sep 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM

eGobbler Malvertiser Uses WebKit Exploit to Infect Over 1 Billion Ads

Roughly 1.16 billion ad impressions have been hijacked in a malvertising campaign operated by a...

  • Press

Sep 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM

EGobbler Malvertising Campaign Targets Safari & Chrome Users

Attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome and Safari web browsers and served up more...

  • Press

Sep 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM

iPhone Users Warned To Update As 1.1 Billion Attack Is Confirmed

I first wrote about eGobbler, the prolific threat actor behind malvertising campaigns with a...

  • Press

Aug 19, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Malicious Ads and In-Banner Video Hit Lowest Rates Since Early 2018

Confiant, the leader and innovator in advertising security, today released its Demand Quality...

  • Press

Aug 19, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Programmatic Check: Malicious And In-Banner Video Ads Drop In Q2

Amid all of the headlines about ad fraud comes some reasonably good news, for a change: Both...

  • Press

Aug 19, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Malvertising Found In 1 In Every 100 Ad Impressions

Amid all of the headlines about ad fraud comes some reasonably good news, for a change: Both...

  • Press

Jul 24, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Healthcare – Fighting the Cyber Infection Epidemic

For most of the population, cyber-security is not the first item that comes to mind when thinking...

  • Press

Jul 22, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Microsoft apps infected in major malvertising campaign

Microsoft users are being warned to beware a dangerous new malware family that is seeing malicious...

  • Press

Jul 18, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Windows 10 Users Warned Of 100M Advert Bombs Security Threat

Security researchers have uncovered a security threat that's seen users of Windows 10 desktop apps...

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