![]() Instead of leading to anything malicious, the pop-up takes engaged users to legitimate security software websites. Upon further investigation, we found something interesting and unique about this browser notification scheme. Trend Micro noticed an increase in this type of spam beginning in late February. Unscrupulous advertisers are taking advantage of this feature in a unique case of click fraud that might be taking advantage of more people being stuck at home and searching for streaming content. ![]() When a user allows browser notifications for a site, it allows the website to push notifications to the browser. Chrome introduced the browser notification feature in 2015 to allow websites to push notifications for new content or articles to their subscribers. Web push notifications are a browser feature that allows websites to push notifications to subscribed users. This brings fans to streaming sites to watch the games and inadvertently becoming victims of a major click fraud campaign. Not only are people possibly bored at home, but many major sporting events are taking place. As many countries reintroduced lockdowns and restrictions, more people are once again stuck at home.
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