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Match-3 devs blasted for "incredibly harmful" stereotypes and gender-based violence in advertisements
Match-3 devs blasted for "incredibly harmful" stereotypes and gender-based violence in advertisements
Mobile game developers Microfun, Nanobit, and Magic Tavern have been accused of reinforcing harmful stereotypes and gen…
May 30, 2025
PlayStation says full-screen PS5 dash advertisements were caused by a "tech error"
PlayStation says full-screen PS5 dash advertisements were caused by a "tech error"
Sony says that full-screen-sized promotional materials that appeared on PS5 dashboards following its latest update were…
Oct. 1, 2024
Advertising Standards Authority bans five UK ads for "misleading impressions"
Advertising Standards Authority bans five UK ads for "misleading impressions"
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has banned five advertisements for social casino games on the grounds they were …
Sept. 24, 2024
ASA rules Golf Clash ad misled around loot boxes disclosure
ASA rules Golf Clash ad misled around loot boxes disclosure
Original story: The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has found that EA has been misleading customers in a paid-for …
July 9, 2024
Overwolf acquires Nitropay
Overwolf acquires Nitropay
The user-generated content marketplace Overwolf has snapped up Nitropay.
May 9, 2024
Thousands of Android apps for kids are secretly tracking their activities
Thousands of Android apps for kids are secretly tracking their activities
According to researchers thousands of Android apps are collecting personal and location data of users and sharing it with third-parties.
April 25, 2018
Millions of apps are exposing sensitive & unencrypted user data
Millions of apps are exposing sensitive & unencrypted user data
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that about 4 million popular mobile apps are unreliable because these use insecure Software Development Kits or SDKs.
April 18, 2018
Countless Adult Websites Attacked by Large-scale Malvertising Campaign
Countless Adult Websites Attacked by Large-scale Malvertising Campaign
Cyber criminals have turned their attention towards x-rated sites and are using their most favorite tool- malvertising.
Dec. 4, 2015
Kovter AdFraud Malware Updates Flash Plugin to Latest Version
Kovter AdFraud Malware Updates Flash Plugin to Latest Version
Kovter AdFraud Malware
July 9, 2015
Angling for Silverlight Exploits
Angling for Silverlight Exploits
This post is co-authored by Andrew Tsonchev, Jaeson Schultz, Alex Chiu, Seth Hanford, Craig Williams, Steven Poulson, and Joel Esler. Special thanks to
May 19, 2014
Mobile Retail Evolution and Location Based Services
Mobile Retail Evolution and Location Based Services
This is part of a series of how location services is a core part of the mobile evolution in various...
May 12, 2014
Explosive Growth in Mobility and Location-based Marketing
Explosive Growth in Mobility and Location-based Marketing
It’s exciting to watch the explosive growth of mobile and hyper local based services. Mobile location based services and marketing is...
April 30, 2014