Event Brief
UPDATED Oct 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM ET
Oct 15, 2026 at 7:04 AM ET
Researchers find spyware delivered through online ads
By The BriefBrief · Sources (6)
Citizen Lab and Confiant researchers say an Israeli ad-tech firm worked with spyware companies to infect devices by displaying malicious online ads. They found technical evidence of zero-click attacks affecting dozens of devices at Al Jazeera, and described the finding as the first technical evidence of this kind of attack through advertising.
WHO: Security researchers at Citizen Lab and Confiant
WHAT: Reported technical evidence that spyware was delivered to devices through online advertisements in zero-click attacks.
WHEN: Reported Oct 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM ET
WHERE: Israel
WHY: The spyware was delivered through malicious online ads; researchers did not report why the firm and spyware companies did this.
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