Results for 'click fraud'
Clickjacking campaign abuses Google Adsense, avoids ad fraud bots
January 10, 2017 - Ad fraud is one of many issues that contribute to the ad industry’s negative image these days. Unlike malvertising which affects...
Malvertising campaign leads to DoubleClick ad fraud
June 6, 2016 - Malvertising isn’t only used to infect users via drive-by downloads or to deceitfully push fake software updates. A campaign currently going...
Ad fraud
Short bio Advertising (ad) fraud, also called click fraud or click spam, is a practice by bad actors, specifically dubious advertising networks,...
Facebook clickbait leads to money scam for users
June 7, 2023 - Online criminals are notorious for lurking on social media sites and tricking users into visiting malicious links. We recently observed a scheme where Facebook users are clicking...
Adult content malvertising scheme leads to clickjacking
April 24, 2023 - Malwarebytes’ researchers have found a malvertising scheme that leads to clickjacking. Clickjacking is a form of ad fraud which is also...
DeepStreamer: Illegal movie streaming platforms hide lucrative ad fraud operation
March 8, 2023 - This investigation was a joint effort between Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence’s Jérôme Segura, DeepSee’s Rocky Moss and Antonio Torres. Key findings Introduction...
