{"id":25466,"date":"2026-10-15T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/online-ads-weaponised-to-deliver-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:37:14","slug":"online-ads-weaponised-to-deliver-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/online-ads-weaponised-to-deliver-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Online ads weaponised to deliver \u2018zero-click\u2019 spyware, researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover-Tech\u2019s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto<\/p>\n

An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow \u201czero-click\u201d spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency.<\/p>\n

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\nDiscover-Tech\u2019s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto
\nAn Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow \u201czero-click\u201d spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said.
\nCitizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover-Tech\u2019s 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 \u201czero-click\u201d spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said. Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University …<\/p>\n

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