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Google ad impersonates Whales Market to push wallet drainer malware

A legitimate-looking Google Search advertisement for the crypto trading platform 'Whales Market' redirects visitors to a wallet-draining phishing site that steals all of your assets.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 18, 2024
- 01:55 PM
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Google to crack down on third-party YouTube apps that block ads

YouTube announced yesterday that third-party applications that block ads while watching YouTube videos violates its Terms of Service (ToS), and it will soon start taking action against the apps.
- Bill Toulas
- April 16, 2024
- 02:01 PM
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Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows

Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat platform.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 17, 2024
- 01:08 PM
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FTC orders Intuit to stop pushing "free" software that isn't really free

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Intuit to stop promoting its software products and services as "free" unless they're actually free for all consumers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 22, 2024
- 04:37 PM
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X users fed up with constant stream of malicious crypto ads

Cybercriminals are abusing X advertisements to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and other scams.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 06, 2024
- 10:09 AM
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Google Play apps with 2.5M installs load ads when screen's off

The Google Play store was infiltrated by 43 Android applications with 2.5 million installs that secretly displayed advertisements while a phone's screen was off, running down a device's battery.
- Bill Toulas
- August 07, 2023
- 11:50 AM
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Mozilla stops Firefox fullscreen VPN ads after user outrage

Firefox users have been complaining about very intrusive full-screen advertisements promoting Mozilla VPN displayed in the web browser when navigating an unrelated page.
- Bill Toulas
- May 26, 2023
- 10:52 AM
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Microsoft expands Start menu ads test with new ‘treatments’

Microsoft is testing new ads in the Windows Start menu, or what it describes as "new treatments," for users logged into local accounts as part of a "badging" expansion.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 14, 2023
- 03:20 PM
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Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu

Microsoft has released the optional March 2023 non-security preview update for Windows 11 that comes with a search box that matches the current color scheme and, unfortunately, with Start menu ads the company describes as "notifications for Microsoft accounts."
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 28, 2023
- 02:31 PM
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Ransomware access brokers use Google ads to breach your network

A threat actor tracked as DEV-0569 uses Google Ads in widespread, ongoing advertising campaigns to distribute malware, steal victims' passwords, and ultimately breach networks for ransomware attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 24, 2023
- 06:07 PM
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Massive ad-fraud op dismantled after hitting millions of iOS devices

A massive ad fraud operation dubbed 'Vastflux' that spoofed more than 1,700 applications from 120 publishers, mostly for iOS, has been disrupted by security researchers at cybersecurity company HUMAN.
- Bill Toulas
- January 21, 2023
- 10:06 AM
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Hackers push malware via Google search ads for VLC, 7-Zip, CCleaner

Hackers are setting up fake websites for popular free and open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements in Google search results.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 17, 2023
- 06:09 PM
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Google Ad fraud campaign used adult content to make millions

A massive advertising fraud campaign using Google Ads and 'popunders' on adult sites is estimated to have generated millions of ad impressions on stolen articles, making the fraudsters an estimated $275k per month.
- Bill Toulas
- December 20, 2022
- 03:08 PM
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Ducktail hackers now use WhatsApp to phish for Facebook Ad accounts

A cybercriminal operation tracked as Ducktail has been hijacking Facebook Business accounts causing losses of up to $600,000 in advertising credits.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 23, 2022
- 04:47 AM
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Microsoft is showing ads in the Windows 11 sign-out menu

Microsoft is now promoting some of its products in the sign-out flyout menu that shows up when clicking the user icon in the Windows 11 start menu.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 07, 2022
- 04:55 PM
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Android malware apps with 2 million installs found on Google Play

A new batch of thirty-five Android malware apps that display unwanted advertisements was found on the Google Play Store, with the apps installed over 2 million times on victims' mobile devices.
- Bill Toulas
- August 18, 2022
- 03:19 PM
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US recovers $15 million from global Kovter ad fraud operation

The US government has recovered over $15 million from Swiss bank accounts belonging to operators behind the '3ve' online advertising fraud scheme.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 18, 2022
- 02:37 PM
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FTC sues Intuit for misleading TurboTax 'free tax filing' ads

Today, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Intuit, the maker of tax preparation software TurboTax, over deceptive advertising campaigns pitching free tax filing products that millions couldn't use.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 29, 2022
- 01:29 PM
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Firefox now shows ads as sponsored address bar suggestions

Mozilla is now showing ads in the form of sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions when U.S. users type in the URL address bar.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 07, 2021
- 10:15 AM
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Microsoft breaks Windows 11 Start Menu, Taskbar with Teams promo

Microsoft accidentally broke the Start menu and taskbar on systems of Windows Insiders after pushing a Teams promo to the desktops of users running Windows 11 preview builds.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 03, 2021
- 02:20 PM
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