Just Viewing an Online Ad Can Infect Your Device With Spyware
Simply viewing an online advertisement can be enough to infect a device with powerful spyware, without the user clicking, downloading a file, or seeing any warning.
Simply viewing an online advertisement can be enough to infect a device with powerful spyware, without the user clicking, downloading a file, or seeing any warning. Citizen Lab researchers documented what they call the first public technical proof of... [4925 chars]
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- Thursday, 15 October 2026, 7:55 pm IST
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