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Israeli ad firm used online ads to spread Candiru spyware, report finds
Israeli ad firm Discover-Tech used online ad auctions to target at least 45 devices with Candiru spyware, no click needed.
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Simply seeing an online ad was enough to infect devices at Al Jazeera with spyware, according to a Citizen Lab report published on Thursday.
The University of Toronto researchers say it is the first public technical proof of so-called zero-click spyware arriving through ads, in which victims did not have to tap or click anything.
The report ties at least 45 Al Jazeera devices, targeted in 2024 and 2025, to Candiru. Citizen Lab first exposed the Israeli spyware maker, now…
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