Attack on Al Jazeera: The Trojan Horse Came Via Online Advertising

By with∅ut-me 15.10.2026 at 10:01 Uhr Cybercrime IT & Internet Media & Press
TL;DR AI-generated A new attack method called "AdFection" uses online advertising to transfer malware like the state trojan Candiru to devices without user interaction. At least 45 devices belonging to the news channel Al Jazeera were apparently infected this way.

Source: netzpolitik.org

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