malvertising Archives

Defense Department blocks ads to counter malvertising, official tells Congress

The largest federal agency's response to Sen. Ron Wyden is similar to one from the intelligence community.

Dec 13, 2021 By Tim Starks

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CISA tells agencies to consider ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’

The NSA previously made a similar recommendation.

Jan 14, 2021 By Tim Starks

TikTok scrubs ads promoting diet pills, fake apps after Tenable report

Revelations about the company's apparent moderation misses coincide with acquisition talks.

Sep 3, 2020 By Jeff Stone

ad network malware — Scammers are filling ad networks with malicious ads that appear in Android apps. (Maurizio Pesce / Flickr / CC-BY-2.0)

Scammers are abusing mobile ad networks in an attempt to phish Android app users

At least 400 apps in Google’s Play Store are feeding malicious ads into apps through abuse of an SDK.

Apr 29, 2020 By Jeff Stone

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Ukrainian national accused of spreading millions of malicious ads by posing as a CEO

A U.S. Department of Justice indictment does not specify how much money the conspiracy yielded.

May 3, 2019 By Jeff Stone

chrome extension — (Stephen Shankland / Flickr)

Google Chrome introduces new security measures against malvertising

Increasingly popular malvertising tactics are being addressed, beginning in January 2018.

Nov 9, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

Ad industry launches cybersecurity intelligence-sharing organization

The Trustworthy Accountability Group says it will take on a new cybersecurity role as the first information-sharing and analysis organization in the digital ad industry.

May 25, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

Both malvertising and ad blockers saw huge growth in 2016

Advertising is at the heart of internet business. Malvertising is up, however, and so is ad blocking. Is something going to change?

Jan 31, 2017