Zero-click ads used to infect journalists’ devices with spyware, investigation finds

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An investigation found that targeted advertisements were used in zero-click attacks to install spyware on journalists’ devices. Citizen Lab said the attacks involved Israeli companies and were delivered through targeted advertising.

🇨🇦 Location: Israel — Sources: 16 — First seen: — Last seen:
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Israeli spyware companies

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Citizen Lab

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journalists

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AISPECO, UAB

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Volatus Aerospace Inc.

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Railtown AI Technologies Inc.

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Vancouver

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Conductr

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Element

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Waymo

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Toronto

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Google

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Alphabet

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Anthropic

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Canada

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EverWind

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Ahmed Ibrahim

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Better Bionics

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Hamilton Health Sciences

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Hamilton

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Syria

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Wired

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Southeast Asian universities

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United States universities

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European universities

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Claude

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