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The U.S. Cybersecruity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new guidelines last month, urging federal agencies to protect themselves from malvertising by installing ad blockers on all employee computers. This …

It’s no secret, malvertising is destructive to the user experience Some publishers don’t have malvertising protection, while others have solutions that are simply not effective. But end users aren’t the …

I’m going to start this article with a scary story to set the stage. Imagine walking into a store to purchase something. You find an item you like, and you …

2020 was an unusual—and eventful—year in the worlds of malvertising and programmatic advertising. COVID drove significant shifts in brand advertising spend, and the resulting changes in CPMs opened up opportunities …

Q4 of 2020 saw a relatively steep decline in mobile and social threat levels, while mobile still remains the highest producer of threats overall. This trend piqued our interest and …

When it comes to identifying and reporting on malvertising threats, there is one huge elephant in the room that nobody wants to address. (source) That elephant is “false positives.” A …

One of the most confusing parts about malvertising, and malware in general, is understanding how the perpetrators use these techniques to actually make money. There are a lot of smoke …

I'm excited to share that you can now catch cloaking attacks with cleanAD. What is Cloaking? Cloaking is a type of attack that misuses native "dynamic creative" features of advertising …

Malvertising is enemy number one for ecommerce platforms. Hacking, redirects or spam cause serious damage to the user experience and by extension, the brand's reputation. In the media and publishing …

Malvertising is an evolving landscape in which bad actors are constantly finding new ways to infiltrate user experiences and profit off your unsuspecting audience. The key to learning how to …