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Security Firm Finds VPAID Spec Manipulated To Deliver Malware

Bad actors are exploiting VPAID to serve malicious auto redirects hidden within video ads. VPAID, which stands for Video Player Ad-Serving Interface, is the old and hoary industry standard for interactive in-stream video ads. First introduced way back in 2012 by the IAB Tech Lab, VPAID created as many problems as it aimed to solve.… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // September 20th, 2019 //
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Publishers Rejoice: VPAID Is Out And SIMID Is In

On Tuesday, the IAB Tech Lab explained how it would start phasing out the decade-old Video Player Ad-Serving Interface (VPAID) spec in favor of a new specification – snappily dubbed Secure Interactive Media Interface Definition (SIMID) – that specifically supports interactive video ads. The IAB Tech Lab, which has been working on a VPAID replacement since 2017,… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 23rd, 2019 //
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