June 17, 2020 More ad fraud apps found hiding on Google Play Store Fraudulent Android app developers have been discovered trying to manipulate Google’s Play Store security by removing suspicious code before adding it back in to see what trips detection systems. Naked Security
April 20, 2020 Bot creates millions of fake eyeballs to rip off smart-TV advertisers The massive ICEBUCKET scheme has, so far, impersonated more than 2m people in 30+ countries, defrauding more than 300 brands of ad dollars. Naked Security
February 24, 2020 Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads These apps plunk ads in front of us when we're trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing. Naked Security
December 03, 2019 Ad fraud: Fake local news sites are rolling in the dough "forbesbusinessinsider.com?" Names like that sound close enough to real news domains to pass, but bots are the only ones visiting. Naked Security
August 29, 2019 Web clickjacking fraud makes a comeback thanks to JavaScript tricks More than a decade after hitting the headlines, clickjacking fraud remains an under-reported hazard on hundreds of popular websites. Naked Security
February 26, 2019 Special report: Sophisticated ad fraud permeates the mobile app ecosystem Fraudulent use of advertising networks has become an endemic problem that has societal impact SophosLabs Uncut
