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Facebook sues two app developers for click fraud

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Facebook has filed a lawsuit today against two Android app developers for infecting their users with malware that faked clicks on ads. Both the Hong Kong-based JediMobi and the Singapore-based LionMobi were a part of the social media giant's Audience...

Google report details the ongoing fight against bad Android apps

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Today, Google released its fifth annual security and privacy report. Despite an overall increase in potentially harmful application (PHA) downloads -- due to the fact that click fraud is now included in the PHA category -- Google is optimistic, sayin...

Digital Ad Fraud Is Reduced – But Many Ads Still Aren’t Seen By Real People

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Ad fraud, the use of computer “bots” to make it seem as if a human has seen an ad, dropped drastically last year, according to a report released this morning by Integral Ad Science. “Suspicious” ad...