Ad Scammers Getting Harder To Spot
from the reasons-to-use-adblock dept
When we've discussed adblockers in the past, one important point that many people have raised is the growing likelihood of scammers "buying" ads as a method of distributing malware through popular sites. Apparently, that business of "malvertising" is getting more and more popular... and more and more sophisticated. Joshin4colours points us to a story about a super sophisticated "malvertiser" who went to great lengths to appear legit. In another discussion about that case, it's suggested that somewhere around 50% of "self-service" advertising setups may be part of some kind of scam. I'm not sure I quite believe that number, but if the number is even half of that, it does raise questions about how online ad buying and ad placement works, and how it will work in the future. Perhaps this will finally drive companies who insist on banner ads, rather than more effective forms of advertising/marketing, to rethink their position.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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The malvertisers only need to change their scripts so that the major web sites are peppered with the PDF exploit, and within 24 hours they will control 100 million Apple devices around the world.
I wonder whose going to hit first; Apple or the hackers?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/your-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch-devices-are-all-wide- open-to-hackers/9207?tag=mantle_skin;content
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No biggie
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Re: No biggie
Adblock Plus with Easylist is easier (almost completely zero-maintenance, even for newbies, and easylist blocks more than merely ads), but weaker (as it is blacklist-based, it can only deal with known threats).
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Quicker: Leave them all blocked and the site functions perfectly well.
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I love NoScript, but I can admit it can be a little annoying/hard to use sometimes. It's the price of security I guess.
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Interesting Article
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Ads aren't the problem
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