An Israeli firm is sending zero-click spyware through online ads

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Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. 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 zero-click attack — a form of hacking that requires no action by users — delivered through targeted advertising, as reported earlier by NBC News.

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