Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware"
Summary
The article discusses Citizen Lab's Exposing AdFection report showing how a mercenary spyware caster used programmatic ads to deliver no-click malware via major ad platforms. It highlights billions of ad auctions enabling broad surveillance and targeted attacks, notes ties to Candiru and NSO, and argues for blocking ads to reduce security risks and oppose invasive privacy schemes.