Security News

Android click fraud apps mimic Apple iPhones to boost revenue
2018-12-10 12:10

SophosLabs has uncovered a click fraud campaign in which malicious Android apps masquerade as being hosted on Apple devices to earn rewards.

22 Android click fraud apps with 2M+ downloads removed from Google Play Store
2018-12-07 14:47

Fraudulent apps rely on a backdoor opened to receive instructions from a command and control server, opening users to greater potential harm.

Oculeus launches new real-time telecoms fraud protection service
2018-12-07 03:00

Oculeus revealed that the company has launched Oculeus-Protect, a new real-time telecoms fraud protection service for enterprises. Oculeus-Protect is a cloud-based service that protects enterprise...

Digital Matrix Systems partners with PointPredictive to combat growing fraud types
2018-12-05 01:00

PointPredictive partners with Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) to integrate its suite of misrepresentation and fraud scoring solutions into the DMS platform including Auto Fraud Manager, Synthetic ID...

Busted! DOJ exposes huge ad-fraud operation, eight charged
2018-11-30 12:47

The US Department of Justice has charged eight men with running a vast ad-fraud scheme.

FBI Takes Down a Massive Advertising Fraud Ring
2018-11-29 12:17

The FBI announced that it dismantled a large Internet advertising fraud network, and arrested eight people: A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Aleksandr...

FBI Sinkholes $38M Global Ad Fraud Operation
2018-11-28 17:44

The multi-year campaign used malware and botnets to falsify billions of webpages and "site users."

Feds Charge Eight With Online Advertising Fraud
2018-11-28 12:18

$36 Million in Digital Video Ad Fraud Tied to 3ve and Methbot SchemesThe U.S. Department of Justice says eight individuals have been indicted - and three of them arrested abroad - as part of a...

FBI Shuts Down Multimillion Dollar – 3ve – Ad Fraud Operation
2018-11-28 10:48

Google, the FBI, ad-fraud fighting company WhiteOps and a collection of cyber security companies worked together to shut down one of the largest and most sophisticated digital ad-fraud schemes...

Sophisticated '3ve' Ad Fraud Scheme Dismantled, Operators Indicted
2018-11-28 06:56

Law enforcement, cybersecurity companies, Google and other tech firms have worked together on dismantling a sophisticated ad fraud scheme that earned its operators tens of millions of dollars. read more