Two U.S. senators stated that a new report on spyware delivery via targeted ads highlights the need for stronger industry security. The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and Confiant published findings on a technique called AdFection that uses ads to install spyware. Senators Ron Wyden and Cory Booker argued that the report proves the advertising sector fails to protect users from sophisticated threats. In response, Google and IAB Europe stated that their systems block malicious content and that the issue stems from general web technology misuse rather than broken ad infrastructure.
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