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Why CAPTCHA is Ineffective at Spotting Real Fraud
Richard Kahn: January 18, 2023
Ad Fraud
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3 Steps to Prepare Your Online Fraud Defenses for 2023
Richard Kahn: January 11, 2023
Online ad fraud didn’t take a holiday, nor should your protection. As the start of a new year often coincides with goal setting and ambitious plans, prioritize protecting your online defense strategy. We won’t rehash it here, but we’ve already...
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The Top 5 Biggest Ad Fraud Scams of 2022
Richard Kahn: January 4, 2023
Ad fraud is one of the biggest challenges faced by the digital advertising industry. It cost businesses an estimated $100 billion in 2022, representing only about 20% of the $500 billion in global ad spend. Unfortunately, these types of scams are...
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Fraud Detection: Online Survey Scams and How To Spot Them
Richard Kahn: December 21, 2022
When consumers are looking to make money, they may be tempted to spend a few minutes filling out an online survey that promises them a sweet monetary reward. However, what many consumers may not know is that the “free online survey” they’re getting...
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The Neglected Impact of Ad Fraud: How It Affects Your Team
Richard Kahn: December 7, 2022
Ad fraud can have a lot of negative impacts on a business. In addition to the wasted ad spend used on fraudulent impressions, clicks, and leads, there’s the increased risk of TCPA violations, wasted sales team time pursuing bad leads, and potential...
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Playing Hide-and-Seek: IP Masking, Residential Proxies, and Internet Anonymity
Anura PR Team: December 6, 2022
Let’s face it, most of the time craving anonymity in cyberspace is an indication of nefarious intent. We’ve discussed the impact ofIP Masking and the use of aResidential Proxy Server, and both are tools typically used to hide activity on a grand...
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Rewriting Taylor’s Lyrics, “[Ticket Bots Are] Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”
Richard Kahn: November 29, 2022
When there are only 2.4 million winners—a.k.a., Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour ticket buyers—who actually got tickets after a grueling buying process, there's still nearly 10 million more fans not getting to see a show. The ticket buying process was a bit...
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How to Protect Yourself on Programmatic Mobile Ad Platforms
Anura PR Team: November 28, 2022
Programmatic mobile ad platforms are an incredibly pervasive tool for modern marketers. They allow companies to cost-effectively target specific groups of customers at scale. With programmatic ads, marketers can limit their audience to the most...
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Why Data Transparency Matters for Ad Fraud Solutions
Richard Kahn: November 23, 2022
Ad fraud solutions are a crucial tool for protecting your organization against the negative impacts of ad fraud. However, not all ad fraud detection and remediation tools are created equally. In fact, some ad fraud solutions fail at providing basic...
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With Bots Taking Over LinkedIn, Can You Trust the Most Trusted Social Network?
Richard Kahn: November 22, 2022
Bots and social media seem to go hand-in-hand, and no one made this more public than Elon Musk when he declared war on bots as part of his plans for Twitter, then cited the excess of spam accounts as his primary reason for trying to get out of the...