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Detect fraudulent ads abusing your brand

Find malicious and impersonating ads across search engines, social platforms, and ad networks — and shut them down before customers click.

The problem

Fraudulent ads using your brand drive customer fraud, malware downloads, and reputation damage. Most security teams have no visibility into paid surfaces.

Why it matters now

Ad-driven phishing and malvertising are surging, especially on search and social. Continuous, branded ad monitoring is now essential.

How Verasity™ solves it

Search and social coverage

Continuous monitoring of search ads, social ads, and major display networks.

Redirect chain analysis

Capture full ad-click chains, landing pages, and infrastructure links.

Brand bidding detection

Identify unauthorized brand-bidding and counterfeit-product advertising.

Ad platform takedowns

Pre-formatted abuse submissions for Google Ads, Meta, and major ad networks.

Step-by-step workflow

  1. 1

    Register brand and product strings, plus authorized advertisers.

  2. 2

    Continuous monitoring across search, social, and display.

  3. 3

    Capture redirect chains, landing pages, and creative.

  4. 4

    Submit ad platform abuse reports with evidence.

  5. 5

    Report disrupted ads and impressions saved.

Example malvertising

A search ad for 'verasity login' redirects to a credential-capture page. Verasity™ detects within hours, captures the ad chain, and submits the platform abuse report.

Outcomes you can expect

  • Reduced customer fraud from malicious ads
  • Protected brand search and ad presence
  • Lower malware-download risk from malvertising
  • Evidence-backed ad enforcement

Metrics tracked

  • Fraudulent ads detected per week
  • Estimated impressions disrupted
  • Median ad-network takedown time
  • Repeat-offender advertiser accounts blocked

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