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12-20-2016, 07:33 PM
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Report: $3-5M in Ad Fraud Daily from 'Methbot' (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNHH28o16gOUmC-91VhATFbojQhf6g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/12/report-3-5m-in-ad-fraud-daily-from-methbot/)
Krebs on Security
Online advertising fraud is a $7 billion a year problem, according to AdWeek. Much of this fraud comes from hacked computers and servers that are infected with malicious software which forces the computers to participate in ad fraud. Malware-based ad ...
'Biggest Ad Fraud Ever': Hackers Make $5M A Day By Faking 300M Video Views (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNEYY4Z7b-T4Xhu7mGImiWnhIT1rYA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/12/20/methbot-biggest-ad-fraud-busted/)Forbes
Next-Level 'MethBot' Ad-Fraud Scam Cost Advertisers At Least $3 Million Per Day, WhiteOps Says (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNFbxSQ_xz4SJmOW1FknPSNAxUFNLA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=http://adage.com/article/digital/ad-fraud-scheme-cost-advertisers-3-million-day/307235/)AdAge.com
White Ops reports biggest ad fraud botnet found yet: 'Methbot' targeting high-CPM video inventory (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNEHR5H4A7GsxifW2KAuUcQ66UKT0A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=http://marketingland.com/white-ops-reports-biggest-ad-fraud-botnet-found-yet-methbot-targeting-high-cpm-video-inventory-201371)Marketing Land
Dark Reading (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNFw3pFe6z_n2C3lsLxLhFtTEZRnsw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=http://www.darkreading.com/operations/russian-hackers-run-record-breaking-online-ad-fraud-operation/d/d-id/1327753) -CNNMoney (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNG37JfLFhVOrpnCiiYMAOqqoKccnA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/20/technology/ad-fraud-online-methbot/) -Network World (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNH_p8d30mg8G9dHNWaQyoy8x9vPVQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=o5VZWLi3H9SG3wHRxI2ACg&url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/3152005/security/fraud-detection-firm-outs-1b-russian-ad-fraud-gang-and-its-robo-browsing-methbot.html)
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