Rebranding your local business? Don’t start without reading these tipsThere’s a whole host of reasons you’d want to rebrand your local business: Your product and service offering might be…Read Article
Steam game Abstractism pulled after cryptomining accusationsValve has pulled a game from its online Steam store after allegations were made that it was exploiting players’ computer…Read Article
IAB Tech Lab launches primer and resource hub on ad-oriented blockchain techThe Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Tech Lab has been moving quickly to catch up with blockchain. A week ago, its…Read Article
Prison inmates hacked tablets to earn $225,000 in credits364 inmates in five of Idaho’s state prisons have exploited vulnerabilities in the JPay tablets they use to read email…Read Article
Google Play Store no longer accepts crypto-mining appsTaking a leaf from Apple’s rulebook regarding cryptocurrency mining, Google has updated its Play Store guidelines to keep shady financial…Read Article
Rookie link-building and content outreach mistakes you won’t make twiceLink-building mistakes come with the territory: The longer you spend pitching webmasters, the more war stories and link failures you’ll…Read Article
How to test your programmatic creatives like a proAccording to Ipsos, over 75 percent of advertising impact is determined by creative quality. And yet, creative messaging seems to…Read Article
Brand Safety Institute debuts to offer new certification programs for digital advertisersFrom the Brand Safety Institute/TAG white paper, “Defining Brand Safety” In the days of “Mad Men” and before, ads were…Read Article
GDPR directly impacts Facebook, 1 million European users lostIt was likely that GDPR would have consequences on all companies whose business affects Europeans, but Facebook appears to be…Read Article
‘Password Check Required Immediately’ – most effective phishing lineLeveraging a key human trait that machines would not fall for, cybercriminals can easily manipulate or fool humans using social…Read Article
8 ways to use content to skyrocket user engagementMuch like commercials on TV, users are bombarded with content at every turn as they surf. It’s overwhelming and as…Read Article
Smart content execution will net a lot of inbound linksI spend a lot of time trying to figure out why some content ideas get links and why some don’t.…Read Article
Virginia Bank falls victim to two phishing scams, loses $2 millionNo matter how hard security companies work on improving detection and teaching employees about insider threats and risks, corporate environments…Read Article
Russia analyzes Fake News Bill to allegedly stop proliferation of deceitful contentThe deliberate spread of false information through websites and social media, also known as fake news campaigns, has increased in…Read Article
Twitter tightens access to API platform & restricts number of daily actions an app can performTwitter is following through on its commitment to improve the health of its platform. Tuesday, the company announced that all…Read Article
Google marks all HTTP sites ‘not secure’ starting todayWith the release of Google Chrome 68 today, technology behemoth Google is labeling all HTTP sites as “not secure,” in…Read Article
Content manager checklist: 10 things to do before you hit publishBack in the days when print journalism ruled, major publishers had huge teams of fact-checkers and editors poring over every…Read Article
Report: Smart speaker ownership driving voice adoption on smartphonesNPR and Edison Research have released a new “smart audio” report. It’s the third installment of research that began in…Read Article
Planning to make a video ad or other video asset? 3 things to considerVideo advertising is all the rage these days, but, as with any online advertising channel, you can’t just make an…Read Article
Gartner releases first Magic Quadrant on mobile marketing platformsA key question about mobile marketing is whether marketers should employ platforms specifically designed for those devices or utilize mobile…Read Article
US clinical lab recovers within 50 minutes of getting hit by SamSam ransomwareLabCorp, a clinical lab based in Burlington, North Carolina, fell victim to a ransomware attack last week, in the latest…Read Article
Going on the offensive: The use of attack sites in reputation managementIn Online Reputation Management (ORM) cases where there is no realistic option to sue for defamation, reputation repair typically involves…Read Article
Microsoft offers up to $100,000 to identity bug findersWant to earn $100,000? You could win as much as that if you manage to uncover a serious vulnerability in…Read Article
Twitter puts verification process work on hold to focus on elections integrityrvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In March, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter intends to open verification to everyone as it works…Read Article
Silk Road administrator extradited to the US to face trialThe Silk Road investigation has led to another, and final, major arrest, that of 30-year-old Irish citizen Gary Davis, also…Read Article
Trump casts doubt on Justice Department investigation; wants joint cybersecurity team with RussiaNot long ago, an official from the former Obama administration warned that the US is the most vulnerable nation to…Read Article
How to reach consumers while protecting their privacyThe debate surrounding probabilistic versus deterministic cross-device tracking is nothing new. But with the rapidly evolving online landscape and technological…Read Article
Ticketmaster falls victim to worldwide digital card skimming attackAt the end of June, online ticket company Ticketmaster confirmed that Inbenta, a third-party website supplier, suffered a security incident.…Read Article
Missouri hospital forced to divert patients after ransomware attackA Harrisonville, Missouri-based hospital has been forced to shut down some operations and divert patients after a ransomware attack on…Read Article
Vengeful hacker exposes DomainFactory customer banking data and passwordsA German web-hosting firm has suffered a severe data breach because one of its customers reportedly owed money to the…Read Article
New iOS security feature can be defeated by a $39 adapter… sold by AppleYesterday Apple released a brace of updates for its software – fixing bugs and patching security holes in the likes…Read Article