WordPress is an immensely popular content management system (CMS) powering over 43% of all websites. Many webmasters will monetize their sites…
Tag: ad fraud
VASTFLUX ad fraud massively affected millions of iOS devices, dismantled
Researchers have successfully dismantled a massive ad fraud campaign they stumbled upon by accident. The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team dubbed…
A week in security (December 19 – 25)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
TrustPid is another worrying, imperfect attempt to replace tracking cookies
German ISPsare considering the introduction of TrustPid, a new type of “supercookie” that comprises of a unique identifier which will be…
Fake jquery campaign leads to malvertising and ad fraud schemes
Recently we became aware of new domains used by an old malware campaign known as ‘fake jquery’, previously documented by web…
Plugin vulnerabilities exploited in traffic monetization schemes
In their Website Hack Trend Report, web security company Sucuri noted that WordPress infections rose to 90 percent in 2018. One aspect…
Good bots, bad bots: friend or foe?
One of the most talked about technologies online today is the ubiquitous bot. Simultaneously elusive yet also responsible for all of…
Malwarebytes helps take down massive ad fraud botnets
On November 27, the US Department of Justice announced the indictment of eight individuals involved in a major ad fraud case…
Exosrv.com, an ad server for adult sites, tops Malwarebytes detections
Update (12/18/2017): Upon review, we have decided to lift the block on those two ad servers. You can read ExoClick’s comments…
Fireball arrests made
Following some arrests in China, we may see a decrease in the amount of adware and adfraud hailing from the Rafotech…