In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: SpotX earns independent recertification for all four TAG seals; S4Capital AGM statement; GumGum partners with White Ops to [...]

Whilst the problems associated with ad fraud are well documented, the mechanisms by which malicious players act, along with how it is possible for the money to flow from legitimate sources to hackers, is discussed less frequently. To that end, [...]

Advertising fraud has for a long time cast a shadow over the ad- and martech ecosystem, compromising everything from brand safety to industry finances, with estimates suggesting an annual loss of USD$44bn (£33.6bn) by 2022. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Michael McNeeley [...]

The ad industry has long struggled with a poor public reception, with trust in the industry at a low ebb, partly due to the high prevalence of fraud. Brand safety has therefore become a key issue for marketers, ensuring that [...]

The real challenge: WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) is a serverless communications protocol, and WebRTC malvertising is only detectable via behavioural analysis. Blacklisting – the most frequently used method to block malicious ads – won’t enable uncovering or blocking WebRTC-based malvertising. Programmatic [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – and in this edition: Trustworthy Accountability Group Launches New Anti-Piracy Initiative to Protect European Brands; Pub Ocean Introduces Industry-First Real-Time Revenue Analytics [...]

In his latest exclusive piece for ExchangeWire, Dr Augustine Fou, ad fraud and cybersecurity researcher, explains why ad fraud hasn't been solved yet. And it's down to every industry stakeholder. Ad fraud is solved. Or so claims a trade body that [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – and in this edition: DoubleVerify Acquires Leiki; GroupM UK Verified by ABC to JICWEBS Anti Ad-Fraud & Brand-Safety Principles; Tappx Partners with [...]

If you aren't bored of 2019 predictions by this point, here are some from Jay Friedman (pictured below), president, Goodway Group, for those on the ground, working within day-to-day campaign planning and operations.  I’ve seen all the big predictions pieces. “CX [...]

In his latest piece, exclusively for ExchangeWire, Dr Augustine Fou, cybersecurity and ad fraud researcher, explains the many reasons that mobile is such a cybersecurity headache that continues to fly under the radar. I woke up in a cold sweat, my [...]