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HUMAN Shuts Down Operation Accounting For 12B Fraudulent Ad Requests Daily

HUMAN Shuts Down Operation Accounting For 12B Fraudulent Ad Requests Daily by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, January 19, 2023 HUMAN Security’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team uncovered and took down a sophisticated ad fraud operation dubbed VASTFLUX consisting of more than 1,700 spoofed apps targeting 120 publishers. The ads ran in apps across nearly 11 million devices, and reached … Continue reading HUMAN Shuts Down Operation Accounting For 12B Fraudulent Ad Requests Daily

Online Fraudulent Traffic Increases 20% Leading Up To Holidays

Online Fraudulent Traffic Increases 20% Leading Up To Holidays by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 3, 2018 The ad-verification company Fraudlogix published recent data showing an increase in fraudulent advertising traffic in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and the holiday shopping season. Fraudlogix analyzed three months of global programmatic ad traffic and found … Continue reading Online Fraudulent Traffic Increases 20% Leading Up To Holidays

5 Best Practices to Decrease Fraudulent Purchases During High Traffic Periods

by Sarah Beldo November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 We’re smack dab in the middle of one of the busiest shopping times of the year. Are you feeling the thrill of more traffic, more interest, more orders? How about the stress? Whether it’s a sale, an event or a holiday, a spike in the number of … Continue reading 5 Best Practices to Decrease Fraudulent Purchases During High Traffic Periods