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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…
Google sponsored ads lead to rogue imitation sites
There’s a big push in rogue advert land at the moment, with multiple forms of bogus websites being used as bait…
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…
New streaming ad technology plays hide-and-seek with gamers
A new form of digital advertising is looking to make its way to you courtesy of video gaming. However, there’s a…
Fake tractor fraudsters plague online transactions
The agriculture sector has been under fire from digital attacks for some time now. The primary problem so far has been ransomware,…
Rogue cryptocurrency billboards go phishing for wallets
Billboards and digital real world advertising has raised many questions of privacy and anonymity in recent years. Until now, the primary…