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Criminals exploit Apple’s iCloud Private Relay in ad fraud scheme

An army of bots currently pretending to be Apple users is surfing the web and “looking” at ads by exploiting Apple’s iCloud Private Relay, according to new research. Apple has said that the tool has “built-in fraud detection” and that digital advertising platforms can trust it, but the researchers say the fraud has only increased in the months since they first reported it to the company. Thomas…

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#ad fraud #advertising #iCloud Private Relay #online advertising #Pixalate

iOS and Android app stores are full of 'neglected' apps - ICT news

iOS and Android app stores are full of ‘neglected’ apps – ICT news

Many apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store have long been out of date. This is what emerges from a study carried out by the analysis firm Pixalate. The latter thus seems to react to an announcement made by Apple, which will soon withdraw apps that have not been updated by their developers for a few months already. These apps could indeed constitute a potential security risk for…

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Apps installed on millions of Android phones tracked user behavior to execute a multimillion-dollar ad fraud scheme

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”In total, the apps identified by BuzzFeed Newshave been installed on Android phones more than 115 million times, according to data from analytics service AppBrain. Most are games, but others include a flashlight app, a selfie app, and a healthy eating app. One app connected to the scheme, EverythingMe, has been installed more than 20 million times,” Craig Silverman…

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#ads.txt #android #AppsFlyer #Fly Apps #Pixalate