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Zack Whittaker reports: Security researchers at digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to target and hack devices by serving malicious online adverts. A new report published Thursday by the University of Toronto lab, which investigates surveillance and digital rights abuses, said an Israeli company called Discover-Tech...

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[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

"Ads"? Sorry, I've been diligently protecting myself with the help of our lord and saviour Ublock Origin for years now.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Governments?

Or just Israel

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

Clearly governments on behalf of israel.

Fuckin Nuremburg 2.0 is gonna have cameos from all over the globe.

[–] cybermonkey@piefed.zip 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So using Ublock Origins is mandatory for staying safe on the web, but i guess most people here are probably using it. Btw this isn't something new, malvertising has always been a thing.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 6 points 13 hours ago

I find it important to also block with DNS and/or IP blocks. It’s not just websites in the browser doing this stuff, it’s applications on your computer and apps on your phone. Fuck, it’s basically anything connected to the internet.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 16 points 19 hours ago

What's this "online ad" you speak of?

[–] dusk@piefed.social 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

An israeli firm used this method to hack Australian government sites very recently.