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BidsCube teams up with Pixalate to combat ad fraud by BidsCube

The partnership aims to provide customers with more reliable programmatic solutions and enhance ad transparency. BidsCube on January 16, 2024 With a shared commitment to fostering a secure and trustworthy environment for publishers and advertisers, BidsCube and Pixalate have partnered to fortify the digital advertising industry and make it more transparent. Pixalate’s fraud protection, privacy … Continue reading BidsCube teams up with Pixalate to combat ad fraud by BidsCube

Hindenburg strikes again: Billions erased as Adani Group is accused of ‘historic’ corporate fraud

  By Clint Rainey January 25, 2023 Activist short-seller Hindenburg Research on Wednesday accused Asia’s richest person, Gautam Adani, of perpetrating “brazen market manipulation” and decades of fraud to help his family amass their fortune. Late Tuesday, the investment firm run by forensic financial researcher Nate Anderson tweeted that the report’s findings reveal “what we strongly suspect … Continue reading Hindenburg strikes again: Billions erased as Adani Group is accused of ‘historic’ corporate fraud

US prosecutors are reportedly investigating FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud

Nikola founder Trevor Milton convicted on three charges of fraud     Karissa Bell @karissabe Trevor Milton, the founder and former executive chairman of Nikola, has been found guilty on three counts of fraud for misleading the electric vehicle company’s investors about its business and technology. In total, he was found guilty on one count … Continue reading US prosecutors are reportedly investigating FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud

CTV Ad Fraud Moderates In Q2, Chromecast Devices Riskiest

CTV Ad Fraud Moderates In Q2, Chromecast Devices Riskiest by Karlene Lukovitz  @KLmarketdaily, November 4, 2022 The average overall global ad-fraud rate in open programmatic buys was 19% in this year’s second quarter, according to Pixalate’s latest invalid traffic (IVT) global benchmarks analysis. That was actually lower than all but four of the quarters since … Continue reading CTV Ad Fraud Moderates In Q2, Chromecast Devices Riskiest

Sellers.guide Releases Publisher Site Ranking For Fraud, Malware, Unsafe Online Traffic

Sellers.guide Releases Publisher Site Ranking For Fraud, Malware, Unsafe Online Traffic by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 20, 2022 Food, Home & Garden, and Travel are the categories less likely to have fraud, malware and unsafe traffic on publisher sites, according to the Sellers.guide analysis of publishers. Sellers.guide was created in May 2021 by … Continue reading Sellers.guide Releases Publisher Site Ranking For Fraud, Malware, Unsafe Online Traffic

Online Fraud A Major Concern This Holiday Season, TransUnion Study Shows

Online Fraud A Major Concern This Holiday Season, TransUnion Study Shows by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, October 21, 2022 Fraud is increasingly a major concern for consumers. Retailers and brands should be thinking more about securing their websites, as 54% of consumers have stated concerns with being victimized by fraud this holiday season — up 17% … Continue reading Online Fraud A Major Concern This Holiday Season, TransUnion Study Shows

How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud

Hitting the Books: How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud Machine learning is streamlining traditional, rules-based money laundering investigations. A. Tarantola @terrortola   DBS Bank: AI-Driven Transaction Surveillance Yes, robots are coming to take our jobs. That’s a good thing, we should be happy they are because those jobs they’re taking … Continue reading How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud

Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts

Twitter sues Elon Musk for attempting to back out of $44 billion buyout deal The suit sets the stage for a lengthy legal battle. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic   Andrew Kelly / reuters Twitter is suing Elon Musk to force the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. … Continue reading Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts

Studies find big increases in ad fraud attempts and fake traffic

Nearly a third of retail sites’ organic and direct traffic is from bots and fake users. Constantine von Hoffman on June 2, 2022 The ad fraud business is booming, according to two new studies, which found increases in both fraud attempts and fake traffic.  Some 17% of all traffic from affiliate programs is fake, according … Continue reading Studies find big increases in ad fraud attempts and fake traffic