Confiant

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Confiant recently reflected on insights from the GASA Summit on September 11, particularly focusing on "The Silicon Valley of Crime: Understanding Southeast Asia’s Scam Ecosystem and What Tech Can Do About It," which highlighted the persistent nature of scam operations. Previously on August 18, the company published an article, "When Complexity Creates Suspicion," examining why uncertainty poses digital advertising's next management challenge, noting that the AdTech industry's advanced marketplace, built on programmatic buying and real-time decisioning, has become highly optimized. This followed Confiant's July 28 publication of a technical analysis of the "SourTrade" malvertising campaign, which was widely covered by BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, and Infosecurity Magazine. The analysis identified SourTrade as a documented example of a large-scale malvertising campaign that operationalizes browser-side malware assembly. Earlier on July 16, Confiant discussed the necessity for the ad industry to move beyond basic verification, pointing to expanded verification requirements from Google, proposed scam advertising rules by Ofcom, and stricter European regulatory scrutiny as indicators for stronger identity verification, but emphasizing that verification is only the initial step in risk reduction. In June 2026, Confiant's "Stamp Ad Economy" piece asserted that the internet's funding infrastructure was built for speed rather than security, citing the FBI's report of $1.46 billion in losses from tech support fraud in 2024 alone, which was nearly double the figure from two years prior.