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Malware in Ad-Based Images Targets Mac Users

A massive adware campaign has so far impacted up to a million Mac users, using a tricky steganography technique to hide malware in image files. (Threat Post)

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Google removes 85 adware apps from the Play Store

Installed by millions, 85 adware apps were removed from the Google Play Store after security researchers found they contained a common strain of adware. The apps masqueraded as games and TV remote controllers. (ZDNet)

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Evolution of Ad Tech in 2019: Predictions for the Year Ahead

Consolidation, content ownership, and possible maturity in the ad market, 2019 will definitely see changes in the ad tech space - here's four specific predictions for the year ahead. (Marketing Land)

From GDPR to ad fraud arrests, 2018 has been an interesting year of ups and downs for the ad tech industry. Here's some of the biggest ad fraud schemes and ad tech stories - along with a collection of company exits and acquisitions from the past year: 

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AppNexus reworks publisher contracts to enable fee transparency for buyers

AppNexus buyers can now find out how much of their media budgets went to tech fees when they buy publisher inventory through AppNexus, a level of transparency not offered by any other SSP. The move signifies a larger shift toward end-to-end fee transparency in the market. (AdExchanger)

The height of online holiday shopping is now in full swing, however, before Black Friday and Cyber Monday hit, there’s signs that ad fraud was ticking upward in preparation for the holiday online blitz.

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In Ad Fraud Fight, 17 Percent of Windows OS Traffic is Fraudulent

Fraudlogix released a report this week that finds 17 percent of ad traffic from Windows operating systems is fraudulent; 88 percent of all desktop ad traffic came from devices running Windows. In mobile, 10 percent of Android and 9 percent of iPhone OS traffic was fraudulent. (Fraudlogix)

In our last post on digital ad fraud we talked about the percentages of fraudulent ad traffic and  broke it down by browser. We found that a majority of ad traffic - in both desktop and mobile channels - came through Chrome browsers and 14% of that traffic was fraudulent. In this report we dug into ad traffic by operating system (OS) to see which desktop and mobile systems are the riskiest when it comes to ad fraud.

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Chrome browsers dominate market, 14% of ad traffic from them is fraudulent

Fraudlogix released a report this week that finds 12 percent of global digital ad traffic to be fraudulent with the US and UK having even higher percentages. The report also finds that desktop ad traffic is much riskier than mobile. (Fraudlogix)

In our last post, we discussed ad fraud from a regional perspective, and before that we gave a general global overview of fraudulent ad traffic. Now we're breaking down our ad traffic data by browser to reveal which browsers have the highest percentages of fraudulent ad traffic. Data from multiple versions of each browser is included.