An Israeli surveillance firm has been caught running a massive operation that uses online advertisements to infect mobile devices with spyware. Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and the cybersecurity firm Confiant Threat Intelligence revealed this technique on Thursday, Politico reports.
The researchers discovered that the Israeli company, Discover-Tech, weaponized legitimate online ad systems to facilitate espionage. By leveraging these systems, spyware manufacturers could connect to millions of devices to identify, track, and target specific victims.
