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21-12-16, 21:40
Η εταιρία ασφάλειας White Ops εντόπισε μια μεγάλη online απάτη, που έχει έσοδα σχεδόν 3 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων καθημερινά.
Η μέθοδος που πήρε την κωδική ονομασία Methbot, "ξεγελάει" τα διαφημιστικά δίκτυα κάνοντας τα να αναπαράγουν videos σε ψεύτικα websites στα οποία bots προσομοιώνουν πραγματικούς χρήστες- θεατές. Τα ad networks πληρώνουν στην συνέχεια τους scammers, που ως φαίνεται έχουν εδρα στην Ρωσία.
The operation is unprecedented in its complexity, the security firm says, and may have cost the hackers as much as several hundred thousand dollars per day. To start with, the scammers registered over 6,000 fake domains that spoofed legitimate sites like ESPN and Fox News, then generated over a quarter million fake URLs that could only do one thing: host video ads.
Played on the right, high-profile sites, a video ad can garner $13 per 1,000 views on average, according to White Ops. The hacking crew (dubbed Ad Fraud Komanda or AFK13) was able to trick the ad service algorithms into playing the video ads on its faked domains, rather than the real sites. (White Ops declined to mention which digital ad companies were affected.)
Πηγή : Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/21/methbot-ad-fraud-ring/?sr_source=Twitter)
Η μέθοδος που πήρε την κωδική ονομασία Methbot, "ξεγελάει" τα διαφημιστικά δίκτυα κάνοντας τα να αναπαράγουν videos σε ψεύτικα websites στα οποία bots προσομοιώνουν πραγματικούς χρήστες- θεατές. Τα ad networks πληρώνουν στην συνέχεια τους scammers, που ως φαίνεται έχουν εδρα στην Ρωσία.
The operation is unprecedented in its complexity, the security firm says, and may have cost the hackers as much as several hundred thousand dollars per day. To start with, the scammers registered over 6,000 fake domains that spoofed legitimate sites like ESPN and Fox News, then generated over a quarter million fake URLs that could only do one thing: host video ads.
Played on the right, high-profile sites, a video ad can garner $13 per 1,000 views on average, according to White Ops. The hacking crew (dubbed Ad Fraud Komanda or AFK13) was able to trick the ad service algorithms into playing the video ads on its faked domains, rather than the real sites. (White Ops declined to mention which digital ad companies were affected.)
Πηγή : Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/21/methbot-ad-fraud-ring/?sr_source=Twitter)