Just Viewing an Online Ad Can Infect Your Device With Spyware, Researchers Reveal

Simply viewing an online advertisement can be enough to infect a device with powerful spyware, without the user clicking, downloading a file, or seeing any warning. Citizen Lab researchers documented what they call the first public technical proof of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered through targeted ads. The method, named “AdFection,” infected devices at international news […]

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