Shuman Ghosemajumder's new startup Reken uses an on-device 'private core' to analyze communications, automatically screening ...

Click fraud is a deceptive practice that plagues online advertising, costing businesses billions of dollars in wasted ad spend each year. By artificially increasing the number of clicks on digital ads ...

Google has long been considered the gold standard for ad spend compared to social platforms. But scale doesn’t equal immunity. Click fraud remains a persistent risk, and the safety of your budget ...

A Google spokesperson reached out to us and provided the following statement on this story: “Based on our current detection, no apps containing this malware are found on Google Play. Android users are ...

Pixalate, the leading global platform for ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics, released the Q2 2025 North America Click Fraud Benchmarks Report for desktop web, mobile web, and ...

Google Inc. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against it over the issue of click fraud, which some industry experts believe could seriously threaten the company’s main source of ...

Google’s settlement of a class-action lawsuit this week goes a long way toward protecting the company from litigation related to click fraud, a problem some say could cripple Google’s business. When ...

Security researchers have discovered a new Android malware strain that uses AI to automate ad fraud through hidden browser windows. While it doesn’t steal personal data, it can drain battery life and ...

In the world of the internet, clicks are currency. The more people click on a website, social media post or an advertisement, the more that content generates revenue. But cybercriminals can exploit ...

Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Monday against three people accusing them of running a “massive” click fraud scheme that involved harnessing hundreds of thousands of computer IP (Internet protocol) ...