“This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads.”
Google, Microsoft and the IAB certified this outfit and handed it billions of ad auctions. It used them to put Candiru spyware on at least 45 Al Jazeera devices. Nobody had to click anything. The ad industry built a targeting machine for selling shoes, and it works just as well for hunting journalists. Block ads. It is basic hygiene now.