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.
Mikael Ricknäs | 05 Aug | Read more
Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days.
Zach Miners | 04 Aug | Read more
Google is now requiring that publishers that carry its ads comply with a European Union directive and ask their site visitors' for permission before setting cookies on their computers.
Loek Essers | 29 Jul | Read more
Upwards of 10 million people may have visited websites carrying malicious advertisements in the last ten days, possibly infecting their computers with malware, according to computer security company Cyphort.
Jeremy Kirk | 28 Jul | Read more
The online advertising industry is marshaling a fresh effort to fight click fraud, which steals money from advertisers and undermines faith in online campaigns.
Jeremy Kirk | 22 Jul | Read more
Website owners are complaining that a free security tool started displaying unwanted advertising pop-ups to their visitors.
Jeremy Kirk | 10 Jun | Read more
Tim Cook believes Apple has a moral obligation to protect its users' privacy, and he'll got to any lengths to let you know it--even if it means taking shots at fellow Silicon Valley power players like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo.
Oscar Raymundo | 04 Jun | Read more
A lawsuit that alleges Yahoo's email scanning practices are illegal can proceed as a class action complaint, a development that will shine the spotlight on the Yahoo Mail use of messages' content for advertising purposes.
Zach Miners | 28 May | Read more
A suspected malicious advertising attack turned out to be a much deeper compromise of an online advertising company, according to Trend Micro.
Jeremy Kirk | 08 May | Read more
Verizon customers can now opt out of having a unique identifier placed on their phones that critics have labelled a 'supercookie' because it's almost impossible to remove.
Zach Miners | 01 Apr | Read more
Attackers who have slipped malicious advertisements onto major websites over the last month have potentially compromised large numbers of computers.
Jeremy Kirk | 04 Feb | Read more
Online advertising company Turn said Friday it will stop using a controversial tracking method by early next month that aids serving targeted advertisements to Verizon's mobile customers.
Jeremy Kirk | 19 Jan | Read more