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Some would say that there are a number of auto-playing audio and app store redirect ads on Doubleclick AdExchange.

by malchow 11y ago

wlesieutre 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word#/media/File:Weasel_words.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word#/media/File:Weasel... Either they do or they don't. A quick google didn't turn anything up, but does someone have a reputable source?
- malchow 11y ago
  I was trying to be polite, not weasly. https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/09/googles-doubleclick-ad-network-abused-once-again-in-malvertising-attacks/ https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/09/googles... http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/247982/google-doubleclick-network-hit-with-more-malvertis.html http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/247982/google-... http://www.csoonline.com/article/2924309/malware-cybercrime/advertisers-need-to-start-monitoring-ad-security.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/2924309/malware-cybercrime/... http://readwrite.com/2014/05/15/app-redirects-mobile-spam-ads http://readwrite.com/2014/05/15/app-redirects-mobile-spam-ad...
  - wlesieutre 11y ago
    Ah sorry, I misread your tone then. As far as I'm concerned, no need to be polite with Doubleclick. If they're serving malware, they can fuck right off.
johnward 11y ago
I'm not sure if the Doubleclick AdExchange allows that but sometimes it can look like it's coming from Adsense or Doubleclick AdExchange but the ad is actually served from Doubleclick For Publishers. In that latter case the publisher decides what is acceptable.
drdeca 11y ago
I think the tvtropes forum used AdWords (? Not sure) and I certainly saw ads there which redirected to open the app store (on android). I'm not certain, but I believe the ad network being used was associated with Google. (Not that the ads were officially allowed, I think I read things on a Google support forum which indicated that they hadn't finished blocking those ads yet, or blocking them again when they were created again. Still, I think an ad agency has a responsibility to proactively(?) ensure that they do not serve any malicious (in the security sense) ads.)

Some would say that there are a number of auto-playing audio and app store redirect ads on Doubleclick AdExchange.

by malchow 11y ago

Some would say that there are a number of auto-playing audio and app store redirect ads on Doubleclick AdExchange.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word#/media/File:Weasel_words.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word#/media/File:Weasel... Either they do or they don't. A quick google didn't turn anything up, but does someone have a reputable source?

malchow 11y ago
I was trying to be polite, not weasly. https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/09/googles-doubleclick-ad-network-abused-once-again-in-malvertising-attacks/ https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/09/googles... http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/247982/google-doubleclick-network-hit-with-more-malvertis.html http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/247982/google-... http://www.csoonline.com/article/2924309/malware-cybercrime/advertisers-need-to-start-monitoring-ad-security.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/2924309/malware-cybercrime/... http://readwrite.com/2014/05/15/app-redirects-mobile-spam-ads http://readwrite.com/2014/05/15/app-redirects-mobile-spam-ad...
- wlesieutre 11y ago
  Ah sorry, I misread your tone then. As far as I'm concerned, no need to be polite with Doubleclick. If they're serving malware, they can fuck right off.

johnward 11y ago

I'm not sure if the Doubleclick AdExchange allows that but sometimes it can look like it's coming from Adsense or Doubleclick AdExchange but the ad is actually served from Doubleclick For Publishers. In that latter case the publisher decides what is acceptable.

drdeca 11y ago

I think the tvtropes forum used AdWords (? Not sure) and I certainly saw ads there which redirected to open the app store (on android). I'm not certain, but I believe the ad network being used was associated with Google. (Not that the ads were officially allowed, I think I read things on a Google support forum which indicated that they hadn't finished blocking those ads yet, or blocking them again when they were created again. Still, I think an ad agency has a responsibility to proactively(?) ensure that they do not serve any malicious (in the security sense) ads.)