Gavin Dunaway

MimicManager-3PC infiltrates landing pages to attack consumers and steal data Something about that display ad on your favorite website speaks to you, so you give it a click. But instead of a nifty product page, a redirect appears claiming that your device is chock full of viruses, call this number now! You’re taken aback—the company advertising is a recognizable name, so why on earth is their website trying to defraud you and infect your device?

Is Ad Quality in the Eye of the Beholder? March 16, 2022 Is Ad Quality in the Eye of the Beholder? AdMonsters PubForum attendees weigh in on acceptable creative and how to build a creative review process “I know it when I see it,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously commented about obscenity in a 1964 ruling. Most digital publishers likely have the same view about “bad ads,” but identifying what’s acceptable to run on your properties is often… harder than it looks.

It was a fourth quarter to remember…and a fourth quarter to forget. The main reason to remember is so other Q4s will look positively luminous in comparison. I’m not just talking about the wrath of Omicron, which ruined holidays for countless families and continues to cause illness, death, and emotional distress across the globe. I’m talking about an alarming rise in malvertising that endangers publisher revenue and consumers’ online safety.