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‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Google and IAB Europe cut Discover-Tech from ad platforms after researchers confirmed spyware links, and Google added Safe Browsing warnings.

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‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

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"AdFection" allows targeted access to devices via advertisements (symbol image) – mobile phone: Pixabay; light effect: kisspng; assembly: netzpolitik.orgIf a victim sees the advertising banner on the mobile phone, it is already too late. An investigation by the University of Toronto describes for the first time in detail how attackers use online advertising to infect devices with a state Trojan. Users should block advertising for their own prote…

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The Globe & Mail broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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