BusinessWeek runs a story about click fraud, highlighting different schemes and problems related to the pay-per-click advertising industry.
While certainly the issues around clickfraud are more complex than what could be written on a single article, nevertheless it still gives an interesting perspective on how easy it actually is to get fraud the system.
A 23-year-old son […]

Panda Software, an Internet security company has reported through a press release that together with RSA Security, they have dismantle the control system of botnet. Just earlier this month, a threat that swindle the pay-per-click systems was reported.
They identified the problem as follow:
The network comprised over 50,000 zombie computers infected by Clickbot.A, which could […]

Mark Cuban posts his opinion about why he think clickfraud is far greater than he imagined. As a publisher, I am a bit concern about the future. While I believe being honest and focusing on long term goals is the right way to go, the rise of clickfraud activities will just threatens us.
What if one […]

SANS Institute reported about the activity of a botnet, generating clicks from a few hundred machines and makes sure they look as legitimate. They could keep it low profile because the number of machines the program operates from.
Botnet basically is a service that some dishonest publishers hire to click on their AdSense ads. Of curse, […]

Back in June, Click Defense, a web analytics firm initiated proceedings against Google, alleging that the search engine was failing to stop click fraud. But now it is going to be replaced as alead plaintiff in the suit by web hosting firm Advanced Internet Technology (AIT).
AIT as one of Click Defense clients, is advertising on […]