Tag Archive: Fraud

Adobe Offers Phishing Bait

Mass market brands and applications such as Adobe are highly tempting to “phishers” who perpetrate online scams through phony email solicitations of personal consumer data, according to The Fraud Practice, LLC.
It is easy for scammers and fraudsters to set up and perpetrate phishing scams online using common, well-known applications. For phishers, finding brand and application [...]

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Is Behavioral Targeting Being Used for Click Fraud?

Spyware was and still is the bane of neophyte PC users. I don’t know how many times over the years I have been enlisted to cure the dysfunctional computers of my teen daughter and her friends. But according to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ben Edelman, spyware and its behavioral tracking is also hurting marketers [...]

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Publishers Are Committing Fraud

It has come time for someone to finally call B.S. There have been countless articles and endless claims by publishers trumpeting self-regulation as the best means for dealing with consumer privacy. Publishers claim they’re in the best position to protect their users. And they are completely full of crap.
Source:Publishers Are Committing Fraud [...]

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Internet Law 101, Part 2

Learn the basics about copyrighting your Web site content, Web agreements, privacy policy issues, and domain issues including cybersquatting, typosquatting, hijacking, and transfer fraud. …
Source:Internet Law 101, Part 2

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Click Fraud 101

Thanks to increased efforts from the search engines and ad networks, click fraud is less of a problem than it once was, but it still exists. Here’s how to arm yourself against this potential foe. …
Source:Click Fraud 101

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