The firm, identified as DiscoverTech, utilized an advertising network reaching almost 200,000 websites and apps to deliver the malicious ads. This infrastructure allowed the company to embed its surveillance tools within routine web traffic to target specific individuals via a zero click delivery method.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Israeli Ad Firm Runs Zero Click Spyware on 200,000 Sites
Cybersecurity6 days ago
Researchers at Citizen Lab discovered that an Israeli advertising company deployed a spyware campaign called AdFection to compromise dozens of smartphones. The operation used targeted online ads to route victims to spyware servers, enabling the installation of software on devices—including those of Al Jazeera journalists—without requiring any user interaction.
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