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Summary
In a newly published investigation, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab says it has documented spyware infections triggered when a targeted ad appeared on a device, with no click required.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Stories like this are part of why proactive security testing exists, finding the gap before someone else does is always cheaper than responding after the fact.
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