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## Online ads can deliver zero-click spyware, Citizen Lab researchers say

DevFeed: [Online ads can deliver zero-click spyware, Citizen Lab researchers say](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/online-ads-weaponised-to-deliver-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say-87822.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/15/israeli-firm-digital-ads-enabling-installation-of-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say>)

Author: Aisha Down

Published: 2026-10-15T12:15:22Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The Guardian | Technology](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-guardian-technology.md>)

Topics: [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>), [Cybercrime](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybercrime.md>), [online privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/online-privacy.md>)

Tags: [advertising](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advertising.md>), [citizen-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/citizen-lab.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [digital-advertising](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-advertising.md>), [education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education.md>), [exploited](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exploited.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [hacking-internet-safety-surveillance-technology-world-news-research-education-higher-education-israe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking-internet-safety-surveillance-technology-world-news-research-education-higher-education-israe.md>), [higher-education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/higher-education.md>), [internet-safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet-safety.md>), [israel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/israel.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [spyware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spyware.md>), [surveillance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/surveillance.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [university-of-toronto](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/university-of-toronto.md>), [world-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/world-news.md>), [zero-click](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-click.md>)

### AI overview

Researchers at Citizen Lab say Israeli ad agency Discover-Tech used its Controlium platform to profile internet users and facilitate zero-click spyware delivery through online ads. They report that the targeting affected users and organizations across multiple countries, while the full extent remains unknown.

### Source excerpt

Discover-Tech's 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 "zero-click" spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said. 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. Continue reading...