CelebCore Follies: Inventor Sisters Are Literally Unreal

Celebrities endorse the darnedest things… Except when they don’t—their likenesses are hijacked by scammers looking to peddle questionable (at best!) products. This series explores some of the odder CelebCore scams to better inform the public and adtech community… And also just ask “Why?!?” CREATIVE: Unfortunately, we didn’t capture the enlightening text from the content recommendation […]

Domain-cycling Powers Redirect Barrage

An early summer storm of phishing redirects uses domain-cycling and programmatic complexity to wreak havoc Redirects travel through multiple programmatic resellers to hit more than 1,000 publishers Malvertiser used dozens of domains to elude ad quality providers and blockers Recommendations: Continuous client-side scanning leveraging a variety of device and geo profiles to catch hyper-targeted malware […]