Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.
‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads
About this summary. This is a short excerpt from the description that Wired published with its article. Cyber Security News did not report or verify the underlying story. Read the original: https://www.wired.com/story/nightmare-scenario-zero-click-spyware-is-infecting-phones-via-targeted-ads/
Source attribution: headline and facts are from Wired (wired.com). Summary method: excerpt of the source description. See our source attribution policy.
Related coverage
Politicians in U.S. and E.U. Say Targeted Ads Are a Security Risk
Politicians in Europe and the U.S. are speaking out against the use of advertising technology to infect targets with zero-click spyware. Following recent findings from…
Governments are hacking people with ‘zero-click’ spyware by showing them online ads
Zack Whittaker reports: Security researchers at digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to target and…
Serbian Prosecutor Who Investigated Belgrade Trump Tower Project ‘Targeted with Spyware’
The Guardian has reported on new findings by the Citizen Lab and SHARE Foundation that a Serbian professor and prominent supporter of the country’s student movement was…
Researchers Uncover Rentable Android Spyware uCreater Targeting WeChat and Telegram
uCreater is Android spyware disguised as trusted apps, stealing credentials, messages and wallet data through a rentable platform. uCreater is a rentable Android spyware…
uCreator Android Spyware Can Steal Telegram 2FA Passwords and Clone WeChat Accounts
A rentable Android spyware kit called uCreator takes over Telegram and WeChat accounts by hiding its code inside working copies of the two apps, researcher Ovi found. It…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 120
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Auditing the…