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An Israeli firm is sending spyware through online ads, researchers say

Global Published 15 October 2026, 19:10 · archived 15 Oct 2026

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 […]

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