Ad industry tries ‘certified’ security seals to combat ransomware in ads
Firms in the $50bn online ad industry can now apply for a security seal to signal they’ve done enough to prevent criminals exploiting news to spread ransomware.
Firms in the $50bn online ad industry can now apply for a security seal to signal they’ve done enough to prevent criminals exploiting news to spread ransomware.
The global standard for ad-supported video could soon make it easier for malvertisers to abuse smartphones and PC video players, according to one of the world’s largest providers of the ad-serving technology.
Andrew Colley | 14 Apr | Read more
Apparently for advertising reasons, Google has asked developers to disable a key privacy feature in the forthcoming iOS 9 that aims to make apps encrypted by default.
For years now, checking the "do-not-track" option on your browser has been little more than wishful thinking on the part of users who care about privacy online. But now a group led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation is looking to make that a more meaningful action.
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Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days.
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