CYA 2025: Open Web at a Precipice

From the executive summary of CYA 2025: Digital Media Under Assault As consumers flocked to news and political websites for the latest updates on the 2024 US presidential election, the phishers flooded the ad pipes to meet them. The Media Trust’s real-time threat prevention script, Media Filter, blocked a stunning amount of malvertising starting in […]
Fake Celebrity Bitcoin Phishing Attacks Skyrocket

UK publishers and consumers in particular face an unprecedented barrage of cloaked Bitcoin scams This time, the rumors are true: fake celebrity bitcoin attacks skyrocketed in October, with noteworthy assaults on UK publishers and consumers. Faces well-known to UK consumers like Simon Cowell, Zoe Bell, Chris Tarrant, and Emma Willis are hawking various bogus investment […]