IPQS Articles & Resources

A collection of IPQS recent articles, news updates, and resources for the fraud prevention industry detailing user validation, chargeback management, email validation, and risk analysis.

22 Apr '19

What are Bots and Botnets?

Everything you need to know about bots explained. Here's a quick summary of bots, botnets, & the fraudulent behavior they facilitate.

02 Apr '19

How Proxies & VPNs Allow VOD Abuse and OTT Theft

Proxies and VPNs allow consumers to bypass geo restrictions for VOD and OTT content. Using Proxy Detection, VOD and OTT providers can detect high risk connections in real-time to enforce geo restrictions and prevent abuse.

10 Mar '19

The 5 Best Methods for Preventing Click Fraud

Facing click fraud? Prevent click fraud completely with these 5 quick methods for dealing with invalid and fake clicks.

22 Feb '19

Intro to Chargebacks - What is a Chargeback? Are Chargebacks Fraud?

Chargebacks are a frequent headache for merchants and online sellers, but they can be easily prevented. Without fraud protection, chargebacks can add up to thousands of dollars per month in lost revenue and products.

10 Feb '19

The Best Affiliate Marketing Conferences in 2019

Powerlist of the best affiliate marketing & lead generation conferences and industry events in 2019.

02 Feb '19

The Best Payment, Fraud, & Ecommerce Conferences in 2019

The must attend events for payment conferences, fraud conventions, and ecommerce conferences in 2019. Network with companies that are changing the payment industry.

26 Jan '19

What is Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Fraud?

Learn how fraud impacts Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising campaigns and can quickly deplete PPC advertising budgets.

12 Jan '19

What Is Mobile App Cost Per Install (CPI) Fraud?

Cost Per Install (CPI) fraud is a growing headache for mobile advertisers looking to generate installs and expand their mobile user base. Bots, cybercriminals, and other abusers are taking advantage of incentivized marketing campaigns to create fake installs with low quality users.

02 Jan '19

Preventing Mobile CPI Fraud and Fake App Installs

Mobile fraud is on the rise, eating up ad budgets with fake installs from bots and proxies. IPQS makes it easy to prevent mobile CPI fraud and ensure your marketing budgets are generating quality users for your apps!

26 Dec '18

How Residential Proxies Enable Fraud

Residential proxies are becoming more popular with fraudsters and cybercriminals, allowing these users to easily engage in abusive behavior and bypass fraud filters.

29 Sep '18

How to Identify High Risk Abusive IP Addresses Used by Fraudsters

Proxy connections are not inherently bad or fraudulent and do serve some beneficial functions, however cybercriminals frequently abuse these connections to engage in high risk behavior.

18 Sep '18