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Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

TechnologyBy Aisha DownOct 15, 2026, 12:15 PM
Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
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PUBLISHEDOct 15, 2026, 12:15 PM
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Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said .

Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the…

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