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Screenshot of theguardian.com: Israeli firm's digital ads enabling installation of 'zero-click' spyware

Israeli firm's digital ads enabling installation of 'zero-click' spyware (theguardian.com)

317 points by chunkyslink 11 days ago | 140 comments

Guardian article on University of Toronto research finding Israeli firm Discover-Tech's Controlium software uses digital ads to profile users and deliver zero-click spyware.

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Screenshot of citizenlab.ca: AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware

AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware (citizenlab.ca)

452 points by jcomp 11 days ago | 592 comments

Citizen Lab research report on how Israeli firm Discover-Tech used targeted digital advertising as a delivery pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware.

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Israeli firm's digital ads enabling installation of 'zero-click' spyware(theguardian.com)

AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware(citizenlab.ca)

Israeli firm's digital ads enabling installation of 'zero-click' spyware (theguardian.com)

AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware (citizenlab.ca)