Top US News Publisher Blocks Redirects with the Most Ironclad Defense: People

This article was authored by Niles Rowland, Vice President of Product Management at The Media Trust.

Mobile redirects plagued one of the top news publishers in the US with subscribers from around the world, causing extensive customer complaints. Despite assurances from an alternative solution that promised to cover all attack vectors and protect every source of demand, visitors continued to face fraudulent gift card offers, prompts to download apps, and other unwanted ads. They turned to The Media Trust for help. 

Malware is Malware… except when it isn’t

So block anomalous activity first and ask questions later (please).

As IT professionals (and logical human beings) we have been taught to analyze a situation first and then act based on knowledge gained from the analysis. Acting without an understanding of the full picture is considered impulsive and oftentimes, even foolish.