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Security Experts Warn Against Fraudulent 'Java Update' Popup on Adult Sites

Two months after warning of a surge in malvertising fraud targeting adult websites, internet security experts have determined that the bad actors behind it have switched tactics from “exploit kit delivery” to “social engineering” via a fake Java update screen.

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Fighting Malvertising Ineffectively Is Costly

For just about as long as digital ads have existed, digital ad fraud has existed in parallel, driven by malicious threat actors looking to exploit weaknesses on both the demand and supply side of the digital advertising ecosystem, usually driven by a profit motive.

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Security Experts Warn Against Using Internet Explorer to Browse Tube Sites

Security experts have recently stressed the need to avoid older, non-secure web browsers like Microsoft's Internet Explorer when accessing adult tube sites and other pages, due to an uptick in instances of "malvertising."

AdSecure Offers Anti-Malvertising Tool

AdSecure has announced the launch of its new ad verification tool for ad networks and publishers, allowing them to automatically scan ad tags and landing pages for policy non-compliance and malware in real-time.

Report: High Risk of Malvertising Found on Top Adult Tube Sites

Two of the web's top adult tube sites — xHamster.com and PornHub.com — pose the highest risk for malvertising, according to a BBC report.