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Sponsored Twitter post uses fake BBC News site to boost slippery oil trading app
A sponsored post on Twitter promises to offer the benefits of obtaining citizenship, but really just wants to lure you into…
YouTube is testing ad blocker detection
YouTube is dipping a toe into the muddy waters of ad-blocker blocking, with ad-blocker using Redditors complaining about a popup that warns “Ad…
AI-powered content farms start clogging search results with ad-stuffed spam
A recent study by NewsGuard, trackers of online misinformation, makes some alarming discoveries about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in…
iPhone calendar spam: What it is, and how to remove it
If you open up your iPhone and see a variety of messages claiming that you’ve been hacked, your phone is not…
FBI warns of imposter ads in search results
The FBI has issued a public notice which includes advice to block adverts. Why? Let’s take a look. The bogus advert…
“Baby dumped at the gate” post is a Facebook hoax
Every so often, bizarre but oddly believable scams do the rounds on Facebook. And so we have the latest: A tragic tale…
Search engine shenanigans: Malwarebytes mentions aren’t what they seem
Thing might be a touch quiet at the moment as we ease into 2018, but that doesn’t mean dubious antics and…
Nexus Mods site goes public with “bad ad” report
We cover a lot of Malvertising disasters on this blog, and I’ve previously looked at how many websites will go to war…