A year-long survey conducted by anti-piracy company White Bullet and the Digital Citizens Alliance web-safety coalition found major brands alone, including Amazon, Facebook and Google, paid pirate operators roughly $100M in the past year to advertise on their platforms. This puts brand users at risk of exposure to malware and other ad risks.
A new report from DoControl shows significant risks in the form of insider and external threats to organizations, just as Gartner recently projected global SaaS revenue to grow by19.3% this year. Using a 1,000-person company with between 500K- 10M files as a benchmark, DoControl identified major threats often underestimated by CIOs and CISOs.
New Mexico’s Attorney General Hector Balderas has filed papers in federal district court alleging Angry Birds developer Rovio Entertainment has been collecting and selling personal data of kids under age of thirteen. The state reached a settlement with Google mid-August, which had alleged Google ad platform AdMob allowed collection of children’s data.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.