Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
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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.
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Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
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Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
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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.