PopCrawler’s Deceptively Simple Phishing Redirect Explodes in June 2025
It looks like just another ad tag, with a basic banner image and minimal HTML. The creative seems innocuous enough — a no-name fashion brand broadcasting new arrivals or a clearance sale. But that’s how PopCrawler infests the digital media ecosystem — appearing so boring and plain as not to set off any alarms. A […]
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 […]