Candiru spyware: Malicious ads targeted NATO, UN and Al Jazeera

A discovery by Citizen Lab has raised fresh concerns about digital surveillance after the Israeli firm Candiru allegedly used malicious digital advertisements to deliver zero-click spyware targeting major organisations, including NATO, the United Nations and Al Jazeera. Professor Ramesh Srinivasan of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), joins the programme to discuss how sophisticated micro-targeting can compromise mobile devices without users having to click on an advertisement. The discussion examines the wider history of Israeli-linked surveillance technology, including Pegasu…

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