click-fraud
Leading Travel Website Optimizes Decision-Making With DataDome’s Real-Time Traffic Data
One of the world’s leading travel platforms relies on DataDome to keep accounts safe, optimize resources, and ensure accurate, real-time traffic data ...
How to Prevent Pay-Per-Registration Fraud
Registration fraud is difficult to detect and directly affects revenues. But you can avoid the damage when treating this threat as a business matter. The post How to Prevent Pay-Per-Registration Fraud appeared ...
Radware Report: Malicious Bots More Human-Like
A report published by Radware finds well over half (58%) of the malicious bots tracked in February by the provider of IT security platforms can now mimic human behavior. Ben Zilberman, head ...
Ad Fraud 101: How Cybercriminals Profit from Clicks
Fraud is and always will be a cornerstone of the cybercrime community. The associated economic gains provide substantial motivation for today’s malicious actors, which is reflected in the rampant use of identity ...
Two Dozen Click Fraud Apps Found in Google Play
Attackers managed to pass Google’s defenses and place 22 Android apps on Google Play that engaged in sophisticated advertising click fraud when installed on users’ phones. The majority of the apps were ...
U.S. Charges Two Iranians for SamSam Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Iranian men for creating and distributing a ransomware program called SamSam that caused massive disruptions in hospitals, municipalities and public institutions over the past ...
Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time
Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using "Mirai," a potent ...
Malicious ad/click networks: common or forgotten threat?
IntroductionMalicious ad/click networks and ad fraud are not entirely a new phenomenon, but it is important to realize the kind of threat it may pose. Is it a common, or forgotten threat? ...
