June 03, 2016

Newspaper industry asks FTC to investigate “deceptive” adblockers

The Newspaper Association of America is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate adblockers' "deceptive" and "unlawful" practices.

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May 12, 2016

Pornhub bug bounty program will pay hackers up to $25,000

Pornhub now has something in common with Google, Facebook and other titans of technology - a bug bounty program to reward ethical hackers.

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May 10, 2016

Reddit moderators consider ban on links to sites that block adblockers

Moderators of Reddit's r/technology subreddit are contemplating banning links to websites that force users to disable their adblockers to view content.

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May 05, 2016

Adblock Plus to let us tip sites to make up for not enduring ads

Adblock Plus is partnering with Flattr on a way to both skip dangerous/aggravating ads and yet still toss a few crusts at ad-reliant sites.

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April 20, 2016

Adblockers are “censorship” says ad-tech company

Recent research by ad-tech company Oriel has found that adblockers are doing more than simply blocking ads and have accused them of "interfering, changing and potentially censoring web content"

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April 12, 2016

Massive malvertising attack poisons 288 sites

THIS is why we need adblockers! Poisoned ads have infected most of the Netherlands' most popular sites, affecting millions of users.

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April 05, 2016

Brave will pay you to see ads with its ad-blocking browser

You'll get micropayments in Bitcoin if you opt in to see ads that won't bog down page loading, track you like a blood hound or mess with your privacy.

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March 17, 2016

Malvertising – learn more about this pernicious problem

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March 09, 2016

Security SOS Week: Social engineering, malvertising, a hacker’s toolkit, and more

Next week, five of Sophos’s top security gurus will step up to the microphone to share their expertise with you, free of charge, in our Security SOS Week.

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