Results for 'fraud'
Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser’s patience and skills
August 21, 2024 - Once again, threat actors seek out Google search ads for top software downloads, but this time they show a lot of patience and bring on evasion tricks.
Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams
May 8, 2024 - When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans that desperately want to be there, it makes for ideal hunting grounds for scammers.
Investment fraud a serious money maker for criminals
January 3, 2024 - Europols’s spotlight report ‘Online fraud schemes: a web of deceit’, identifies investment fraud as a major threat.
Ad fraud
Short bio Advertising (ad) fraud, also called click fraud or click spam, is a practice by bad actors, specifically dubious advertising networks,...
Investment fraud overtakes business email compromise as most reported fraud
March 14, 2023 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published its 2022 Internet Crime Report. One of the most notable points is that investment...
DeepStreamer: Illegal movie streaming platforms hide lucrative ad fraud operation
March 8, 2023 - This investigation was a joint effort between Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence’s Jérôme Segura, DeepSee’s Rocky Moss and Antonio Torres. Key findings Introduction...
WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin
February 16, 2023 - WordPress is an immensely popular content management system (CMS) powering over 43% of all websites. Many webmasters will monetize their sites...