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Citizen Lab: Targeted ads hijacked to deliver zero-click spyware

Original: AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware

Citizen Lab researchers have detailed AdFection, a technique that abused the telecom advertising system to deliver zero-click mercenary spyware to targeted phones. By exploiting the ad delivery pipeline, attackers could push malicious payloads to specific users without any interaction. The findings raise fresh concerns about how legitimate mobile infrastructure can be weaponised for surveillance.

Why now: A new Citizen Lab report revealing that everyday targeted advertising infrastructure was repurposed for spyware delivery is drawing widespread attention in the tech community.

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