In the wake of the alleged Chinese cyber assaults on Google earlier this year the chatter in Washington, DC advocating for an increased U.S. presence in policing cyber crime around the globe and protecting U.S. interests is growing by the day. And it could result in the formation of a new cyber security post, according [...]
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U.S. Weighs Options for Fighting Overseas Cybercrime
Posted in Click Fraud, General News / Technology, tagged cyber crime, cyber security, Google, U.S. cyber security policy on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t Open that Email from ‘Facebook’!
Posted in Click Fraud, Facebook Commerce, tagged botnets, Cutwail botnet, cyber crime, Facebook Commerce, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Rustock botnet, spam run, Trojan horse virus, Waledac botnet on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the same week that Facebook celebrates yet again surpassing Google as the most-trafficked website in the U.S., many of its 400 million registered users are dealing with a cyber attack being disguised as an email from the social networking giant. It’s yet another new example of the diverse and potent threat that botnets [...]
Fraud Cutting into Online Merchant Revenue Streams
Posted in Click Fraud, Merchant Tips, tagged automated fraud screening tools, CyberSource Corp., Merchant Risk Council, MRC, online fraud on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new study from a merchant industry trade association is offering up a snapshot of the effect online fraud is having on e-commerce and e-tailing outlets. The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) conducted the survey, sponsored by CyberSource Corp., of 350 online merchants between Sept. 10 and Oct. 7 of last year. The results suggest that, [...]
Operation b49: Microsoft Takes on Botnets In Court
Posted in Click Fraud, tagged bot herders, bot herding, botnets, Click Fraud, cyber crime, cyber fraud, Microsoft, Operation b49 on February 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If the issue of click fraud is a battlefield with advertisers and tech leaders on one side facing off against cyber criminals on the other, then it could easily be said that Microsoft has fired a very big shot for the good guys. The software king opened a legal assault earlier this week against several [...]
Final 2009 Click Fraud Data Released
Posted in Click Fraud, Merchant Tips, tagged Anchor Intelligence, botnets, Click Fraud, click fraud data, cyber crime, Online Advertising, web advertising on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anchor Intelligence unveiled new data on click fraud rates for the fourth quarter of last year in conjunction with an overall report on click fraud throughout 2009, and the picture remains an ugly one. Anchor, the California-based traffic quality provider that Ecommerce Junkie regards as the most reliable industry source of click fraud information, states [...]
Click Fraud Data Discrepancies
Posted in Click Fraud, tagged Click Fraud, marketing, Online Advertising on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Those who read Ecommerce Junkie regularly know our position on the issue of click fraud. It’s not just a pesky nuisance. It’s a major problem and a tangible threat to the bottom line for anyone involved in online advertising and marketing. And to this day, despite calls for change from many in the industry, it [...]
Opinion: Stemming the Click-Fraud Tide; Ramifications for Economic Growth
Posted in Click Fraud, tagged Click Fraud, Economic Growth, Google, Online Advertising, PPC advertising on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While bailouts and stimulus plans have largely dominated the economic headlines in early 2009, another recently released batch of quarterly click fraud data underscores what many of us in the industry have been saying for quite awhile–the severity of the threat click fraud poses to online advertisers and by extension, broader economic recovery, is growing [...]
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