Category Archives: adware

Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Relied on BGP Hijacking

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This is a really interesting story of an ad fraud scheme that relied on hijacking the Border Gateway Protocol: Members of 3ve (pronounced "eve") used their large reservoir of trusted IP addresses to conceal a fraud that otherwise would have been easy for advertisers to detect. The scheme employed a thousand servers hosted inside data centers to impersonate real human… Continue reading Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Relied on BGP Hijacking→

Public Clouds: Fertile Ground to Spread Malware

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Public cloud security has always been a challenge, and there is no indication that it will get easier. According to a McAfee study, for instance, cloud adoption increased 15 percent over the past year. At the same time, sharing of sensitive data over … Continue reading Public Clouds: Fertile Ground to Spread Malware→

Public-Private Partnership Takes Down Global Cybercriminals

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The year 2018 is stacking up to be the year of cybercrime prosecution, with the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) flexing its muscle and truly demonstrating the “long arm of the law.” The number of indictments, extraditions, trials and convictions give… Continue reading Public-Private Partnership Takes Down Global Cybercriminals→

22 malware infected apps on Play Store found draining phone’s battery

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Another day, another malware targeting Android users – This time, 22 apps have been removed from the Play Store after security researchers found malware draining user phone’s battery and also downloading files without their consent… Continue reading 22 malware infected apps on Play Store found draining phone’s battery→

‘Tis the Season for Spreading Ad Malware

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Ad malware ramps up with the surge in online shopping activity during the holiday season. Taking a few precautionary steps can help consumers and security teams protect their devices and networks.

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FBI Takes Down a Massive Advertising Fraud Ring

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The FBI announced that it dismantled a large Internet advertising fraud network, and arrested eight people: A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Aleksandr Zhukov, Boris Timokhin, Mikhail Andreev, Denis Avdeev, Dmitry Novikov, Sergey Ovsyannikov, Aleksandr Isaev and Yevgeniy Timchenko with criminal violations for their involvement in perpetrating widespread digital advertising fraud. The charges include… Continue reading FBI Takes Down a Massive Advertising Fraud Ring→