SEO Poisoning Campaign Infecting Users With Black Hole Exploit Kit

Researchers have found a new black hat SEO campaign that is being used to redirect users to links that will install the Black Hole exploit kit. The attack is based on searches for, of all things, Shia Labeouf, and leads users through a forest of redirects before plopping them on the compromised...

Mobile Website Flaws Cloak Click Fraud

It’s possible to craft a malicious website so that a user’s clicks are secretly redirected to a legitimate site in a way that steals a user’s passwords and other data. Many Web developers have added protections to block the tactic on standard websites, but Stanford University researchers warn tha...

Beta Users Refute MS Click Fraud Claims

Beta customers named in two click fraud lawsuits Microsoft filed this week maintain their innocence, and both say they assisted the software company in investigating the source of the problem. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Advertising Losses Mount in Botnet Click Fraud

The clever hacking of online advertisements has quietly grown into a multi-million dollar criminal industry showing no signs of slowing. The big losers: online advertisers. Read the full article. The Last Watchdog...

Botnet-Infected Computers Powering Click Fraud

According to new data from ClickForensics, botnet-infected computers are behind the majority of click-fraud attacks against advertisers and publishers. For the third quarter this year, about 43 percent of all fraudulent clicks came from computers within botnets. The figure is the highest in four...

A Peek at the 'Bahama' Click Fraud Botnet

A new botnet, codenamed the ‘Bahama’ botnet has been linked to the recent surge in click-fraud and scareware attacks. This video by researchers at Click Forensics shows the Bahama Botnet in action. More on this botnet in this report...

Sophisticated Botnet Causing a Surge in Click Fraud

A new botnet has caused a sharp spike in click fraud because it is skirting the most sophisticated filters of search engines, Web publishers and ad networks, according to Click Forensics. The company, which provides services to monitor ad campaigns for click fraud and reports on click fraud...