How Israeli firm’s ‘zero-click’ malware attack poses global security risk
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- 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…
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- Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.
- The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.
- A new type of spyware dubbed "AdFection" is infecting phones and computers via global online advertising networks.
- Data investigation casts doubt on claims that Israeli counter-documentary to 'NAZA' received 40 million views.
- An Israeli ad tech firm worked with spyware companies to infect devices, including at Al Jazeera, by simply showing users an online ad, according to a joint investigation by security researchers at Citizen Lab and Confiant. It's the first time researchers have found technical evidence of a…
- Citizen Lab investigation says dozens of Al Jazeera devices were infected by malware planted through advertisements.
- Powerful zero-click spyware is infected devices worldwide through targeted ads, new research shows — an alarming development in the spread of surveillance technology.
- The incident is likely 1st confirmation of mercenary spyware delivered by targeted ads.
- An Israeli spyware disguised as a digital advertisement firm has targeted journalists’ devices at Al Jazeera.
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- Candiru, an Israeli maker of spyware sold to governments, infected devices at the news network Al Jazeera through ordinary online ads, in attacks that needed no click or other action from the user, researchers at the Citizen Lab said Thursday. The hidden attack code ran the moment an ad loaded on…