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Zero-Click Spyware Infecting Phones Through Targeted Ads

Original: Not good news to wake up to. ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads #Tech #Intern

Wired reports on a 'nightmare scenario' in which zero-click spyware is infecting phones through targeted advertising, meaning devices could be compromised without users opening any malicious link or attachment. The finding raises fresh concerns about mobile ad networks being exploited as an attack vector, with tech observers describing it as a serious new privacy and security threat.

Why now: Reports that ads alone can install spyware on phones without user interaction alarm anyone with a smartphone.

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• Not good news to wake up to. ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads #Tech #Internet www.wired.com/story/nightmar… · warnercrocker.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

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