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Zero-Click Spyware Spreads Through Targeted Ads

Original: ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Researchers at The Citizen Lab have released technical evidence, for the first time, that sophisticated mercenary spyware is being distributed to phones through online advertising, infecting devices without any click or user interaction. The findings are being called a nightmare scenario for mobile security, since ad networks could deliver spyware to targets at scale. Security experts are urging closer scrutiny of the adtech supply chain.

Why now: Newly published Citizen Lab evidence that online ads can silently install mercenary spyware on phones is alarming security researchers and the public.

The Citizen LabWIRED

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Evidence

• ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads · WIRED

  Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

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