Cyber attacks

New ‘zero-click’ spyware hacked phones using targeted ads

Financial Times15 October 2026, 10:00 UTCIsrael

Citizen Lab researchers uncover Israeli-developed ‘AdFection’ technique that requires no interaction from victim to infect devices

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