Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto

An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said.

Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Maybe, but my PiHole blocks these ads before they even hit my network. I have no ads on any device in my home, including phones, tablets, smartwatches, etc.

    Any guest that comes over and connects to my wifi suddenly sees a much cleaner internet.