Candiru spyware was delivered to devices at Al Jazeera Media Network via targeted online advertisements in a zero-click attack that required only rendering the malicious ads on the victim's device.

Millions of people have been affected, including Al Jazeera devices, by first-ever zero-click spyware delivered through advertisements ...

Programmatic advertising spyware infected 45 Al Jazeera devices with no user interaction, a landmark Citizen Lab investigation reveals. Israeli ad-tech firm Discover-Tech used its NOAS server to ...

Ads reached government and media networks worldwide, exposing weaknesses in the digital advertising system and prompting major platforms to cut ties with Discover-Tech An advertisement appearing on a ...

What Candiru's COM hijacking tells defenders about detection after the initial compromise By Ian Davila, Director of Adversary Emulation, Tidal Cyber TL;DR Citizen Lab's October 2026 AdFection report ...

Citizen Lab investigation says dozens of Al Jazeera devices were infected by malware planted through advertisements.

A case of a "zero-click" attack, where devices become infected with malicious programs simply by displaying online advertisements without requiring clicks, has been confirmed. The customized ...

Just visiting a page or refreshing an app can be enough to fall victim to a malware attack in which your personal data is stolen from a laptop or phone, researchers have found. You are not even ...

Al Jazeera devices were hit by zero-click spyware attacks via ads tied to Discover-Tech and Candiru. Read what the evidence shows ...

Israeli ad firm Discover-Tech used online ad auctions to target at least 45 devices with Candiru spyware, no click needed. October 16, 2026 - 9:38 am Simply seeing an online ad was enough to infect ...

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