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  • Primis Earns TAG Certified Against Fraud Seal for Third Year Running

    For the third year in a row, Primis, an industry leader in video discovery technology, has officially been awarded recertification of the TAG Certified Against Fraud Seal by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal [...]

  • Publishers Let Randoms Stick Ads In Their Slots

    In his latest article penned for ExchangeWire, Independent Ad Fraud Researcher Dr. Augustine Fou (pictured below) discusses the risk publishers face by allowing third-party vendors to serve ads into slots on their sites. Would you let someone stick their germ-ridden, muddy [...]

  • The 404bot, or No Bot at All?

    Following the recent news of the 404 bot scheme which purportedly generated fake browser data in order to harvest advertiser media spend, Dr. Augustine Fou, independent ad fraud researcher, writes exclusively for ExchangeWire on the potential limitations of fraud filtering [...]

  • IAS Threat Lab Calls for Industry To Update Ads.txt Files; 24sata and Njuskalo Selects Permutive

    In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: IAS Threat Lab calls for industry to update ads.txt files; 24sata and Njuskalo select Permutive; Sojern offers new [...]

  • IAS Threat Lab Calls for Industry To Update Ads.txt Files to Stop Growing Bot Scheme

    Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global leader in digital ad verification, today announced a threat alert on 404bot, a growing bot scheme generating fake browser data and creating fabricated URLs in order to steal advertisers’ media spend. The 404bot capitalises on [...]

  • Anzu.io Partners With Forensiq

    In-game advertising platform Anzu.io and MRC-accredited fraud-prevention solution Forensiq announced a new partnership representing the first-ever fraud detection collaboration for in-game advertising. This partnership will allow Forensiq to detect and score general invalid traffic (GIVT) and sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) [...]

  • Combating Ad Fraud & Hate Speech: Q&A with Jake Dubbins, CAN

    In this exclusive interview with ExchangeWire, Jake Dubbins, co-chair of the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN), discusses what steps the advertising and marketing technology industries can take to combat ad fraud, foster diversity, and help quell the rising tide of hate [...]

  • Predictions 2020: Transparency

    As the decade draws to a close, ExchangeWire has invited thought leaders from across the industry to share their predictions and insight into what 2020 will hold for the ad tech and martech industries. Under the spotlight today is transparency, [...]

  • Bots Vs Brands – Battling Ad Fraud in the Age of Automation

    Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Peter Wallace (pictured below), commercial director of GumGum Europe, details how vigilance is required in the ongoing battle against ad fraud, where progress has been made, and how the industry needs to collaborate to deal with [...]

  • Agencies Join JICWEBS Blockchain Pilot; PubMatic Releases Q3 2019 QMI Report

    In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Agencies join JICWEBS blockchain pilot; PubMatic releases Q3 2019 QMI report; Impact expands mobile partnership capabilities; The Trade [...]