Internet crimes: false Web sites rely on video advertising profits every day millions of dollars-Internet fraud, advertising-IT information
What's your impression of cyber crime? Probably most still use Trojan virus scam? But recent news is still not really make us happy--especially for those marketers. Russia has established a network of fraud gang 50duowange false Internet users and 250,000 fake websites to lure advertisers pay every day-these advertisers pay for the video ads cost as much as $5 million, but no one has ever seen these ads.
The scam began in September, is continuing now, it represents a robot this criminal mastermind advertising deception to new heights--applied computer programs masquerading as reality to obtain property by deception. White Ops maikeer·di, Chief Executive of computer security company where Romney expose the scam and said: "we believe that there is no deception of profitability which means right, our opponents are putting false advertising level of innovation to a new level. ”
The plot takes advantage of known vulnerabilities in the digital advertising system, such as lack of keeping track of advertisements reliable means, ensure that they display ad publishers promise extended audience. These fake content in a publishing site there are some well-known sites: features massive video Fox News and CBS Sports, the New York Times and major news media such as the Wall Street Journal Web site, Facebook and Yahoo and other mainstream content publishing platform, and professional Web sites such as Allrecipes.com, and AccuWeather. Although counterfeiting is largely United States Web site, but there are some other national news organizations ' Web sites.
网络犯罪升级：虚假网站靠视频广告每天盈利百万美元 - 网络诈骗,广告 - IT资讯
你印象中的网络犯罪是什么样的？大概多数还停留在利用木马病毒骗钱？可最近的一则消息还真让我们高兴不起来——尤其是对搞市场营销的人来说。俄罗斯的一个网络造假团伙已经建立了50多万个虚假互联网用户和25万个虚假网站，以诱使广告主付钱——这些广告主每天为这些视频广告支付的费用高达500万美元，但其实从来都没有人看过这些广告。
这场骗局始于9月，现在仍在继续，它代表了利用机器人欺骗广告主谋利这种犯罪手段的新高度——应用可以伪装成真人的计算机程序来行骗。计算机安全公司White Ops的首席执行官迈克尔·蒂凡尼公开了这场骗局并说：“我们认为，没有哪种骗术的赢利能力可出这种手段之右，我们的对手正在把广告欺诈的创新水平提升到一个新的高度。”
这场阴谋利用的是数字广告系统中已知的漏洞，比如缺乏可以持续追踪广告的可靠手段、确保它们展示给广告发布商承诺推及的受众。这些假冒的内容发布网站中不乏一些知名站点：拥有海量视频的Fox News和CBS Sports、《纽约时报》和《华尔街日报》等大型新闻媒体网站、Facebook和Yahoo等主流内容发布平台，以及Allrecipes.com、AccuWeather这样的专业网站。尽管假冒的主要都是些美国网站，但也有一些其他国家新闻组织的网站。