Fraudlogix Blog

Amazon opens Fire TV inventory access via The Trade Desk and Dataxu

Amazon is providing third-party ad tech firms greater access to the ad ecosystem on Fire TV. The company announced that all connected TV (CTV) apps using its publisher services can negotiate private marketplace (PMP) deals through two external DSPs, Dataxu TouchPoint and The Trade Desk, along with through Amazon's DSP. (MarketingDive)

Google bans major Chinese app developer CooTek from Play Store for continued use of disruptive ads

Google is banning CooTek, a publicly traded Chinese app developer, from its Play store and ad platforms after evidence was presented that its apps continued to bombard users with disruptive ads even after the company claimed it had stopped the behavior. (BuzzFeed News)

Aniview, a provider of video ad monetization solutions, and Fraudlogix have partnered to ensure video advertising remains both effective and safe for brand advertising partners. Aniview will use Fraudlogix’s fraud prevention solutions across its platform, which is comprised of more than 500 million monthly active users, to monitor and prevent fraudulent and non-human traffic across all in-stream, out-stream and in-banner video campaigns.

Uber refiles ad fraud lawsuit, includes ad networks and exchanges

Ride-sharing service Uber has filed a lawsuit alleging more than 100 companies committed “tens of millions of dollars” in mobile advertising fraud, including ad networks and publishers that are mostly unnamed. (MediaPost)

Is Amazon’s Sizmek acquisition really a threat to Google?

Following Amazon's acquisition of Sizmek's ad server and dynamic creative optimization platform, the company is now in a better position to compete with Google for advertiser dollars. AdExchanger evaluates the strategic possibilities of Amazon's new tech acquisition. (AdExchanger)

Fraudlogix Q1 Ad Fraud Report: Global ad fraud up but North American levels down

Fraudlogix released its Q1 2019 Ad Fraud Report this week. Data showed that the overall percentage of fraudulent traffic has increased from Q4 2018 to 14.7%. However, in North America the percentage dropped from the previous quarter. Insights on fraud levels by device type, browser, and operating system are also included. (Fraudlogix)

In September 2018 we began reporting ad fraud statistics for the programmatic ad space based on monthly data we collected. We then published our first Quarterly Ad Fraud Report with data from Q4, 2018. We're continuing this coverage with our Q1 2019 Ad Fraud Report, which includes data on which devices, browsers and operating systems are being used most for fraud and what areas of the world fraudulent traffic is originating from.

International malvertiser extradited from the Netherlands to face hacking charges in New Jersey

A Ukrainian national, Oleksii Ivanov, was charged with participating in a years-long, international scheme to infect computers with malware through online advertisements (i.e., malvertising) and appeared in Newark federal court after being extradited from the Netherlands. The indictment stems from a scheme operated between 2013 and 2018 and included using fake entities to purchase online ads from advertising companies and ad server platforms. Ivanov and others attempted to profit by selling access to the network of devices they had infected with malware. (US Department of Justice)

Over-the-top (OTT) ad serving has become a hot topic among marketers looking to reach consumers who are increasingly streaming video through connected TVs and cutting ties with traditional cable. The ad tech sector is rushing to provide solutions that will allow advertisers to target this tuned-in audience effectively. And, not surprising based on the digital ad industry’s history, fraud is following the funds into the OTT environment.

AdKernel has partnered with Fraudlogix in an effort to empower its platform users to optimize the quality of their ad traffic by weeding out invalid traffic (IVT), domain spoofing, and sources with low viewability.