Clickjacking Campaign Plays on European Cookie Law
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2016/01/clickjacking-campaign-plays-on-european-cookie-law/
"We've spotted an advertising campaign that tricks users
into clicking on what looks like a notification alert that
actually hides a legitimate advert, therefore abusing both the
advertiser and the ad network hosting the ad (Google Ads
Services). The rogue actors behind this fraudulent activity are
cleverly leveraging a European law on the use of cookies to
seemingly prompt visitors to answer a question."
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I've been saying all along that the EU cookie notification law was
useless, nonsense, or worse. Well, here's proof of the worse.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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