How to Defend Against the Rise of Malvertising

How to Defend Consumers—and Your Business—from the Rise of Malvertising

As the digital world barrels deeper into 2025, one thing is clear: the open web is under siege. Cybercriminals are evolving faster than many publishers, ad platforms, and brands can react, unleashing a relentless wave of malvertising, phishing redirects, and deceptive scams. In our CYA 2025: Digital Media Under Assault report, we show the volume […]

Who’s Stalking Mobile App Users?: Finding and controlling the third-party code (3PC) app publishers don’t know about

This was an original report by The Media Trust.

Whose eyes are watching mobile app users? Today’s device-toting consumers spend 90% of their time online on mobile apps. Yet they have little to no notion they’re under the watchful eyes of a broad range of companies—many they’ve never even heard of—that form these apps’ digital supply chain. Unfortunately, the app publishers are too often only slightly more aware of the companies that stalk their users.