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Zero-click mercenary spyware delivered through targeted ads confirmed
Original: 🚨🚨🚨"Zero-click mercenary # spyware # hacking via targeted ads. A normal-looking ad loads. If you're targeted, you're inf
Security discussions are circulating about a newly confirmed zero-click attack method dubbed AdFection, in which mercenary spyware linked to Candiru infects targets through ordinary-looking online ads. If a user is specifically targeted, the malicious ad loads and infection occurs with no click required. Commenters urge blocking ads as a precaution, noting this is the first confirmed in-the-wild case of ad-delivered mercenary spyware.
Why now: A first confirmed in-the-wild case of zero-click mercenary spyware spread through targeted ads is alarming privacy and security communities.
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