Senators and ad industry clash over AdFection report on targeted ads delivering Candiru zero-click spyware via Discover-Tech
Sens. Ron Wyden and Cory Booker say the Citizen Lab and Confiant report on AdFection shows that targeted online advertising is a security risk and that the industry needs reform. AdFection is a technique in which targeted ads delivered zero-click mercenary spyware. Ads from Discover-Tech, the company most linked to AdFection, reached gove…