Tag: advertising
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VB2017 paper: Exploring the virtual worlds of advergaming
At VB2016 in Denver, Malwarebytes researchers Jérôme Segura and Chris Boyd presented a paper on malicious advertising, or malvertising. At the end of the paper, as they looked at the future of online ads, they discussed new trends in ‘advergaming’, or in-game ads. This subject was the topic of a follow-up paper , presented by…
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VB2017 paper: Exploring the virtual worlds of advergaming
At VB2016 in Denver, Malwarebytes researchers Jérôme Segura and Chris Boyd presented a paper on malicious advertising, or malvertising. At the end of the paper, as they looked at the future of online ads, they discussed new trends in ‘advergaming’, or in-game ads. This subject was the topic of a follow-up paper , presented by…
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German anti-botnet advisory recommends the use of ad blockers for security
‘If websites want to include ads, they must make sure they are secure.’ In an open letter to several prominent German websites, Botfrei , the German anti-botnet advisory centre, has defended its advice to users to run advertisement-blocking tools. In the letter (published in German here ), Botfrei ‘s Thorsten Kraft says he understands the…
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Pushy scamware ads served by DoubleClick
Advertising network provided ads for rogue security product. Online advertising system DoubleClick , part of an ongoing acquisition attempt by Google , has allowed a wave of extortion trojans to be pushed out via its ad network, appearing on numerous trusted websites for some time before being stopped earlier this week. The scamware, a version…