Advertising is malware.
Probe reveals secret Israeli spyware that infects via ads
Submitted 9 months ago by Geert@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/16/insanet_spyware/
Comments
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
fubo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I caught the COVID from the Yellow Pages! It’s a Communist plot!
dan@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Yet more evidence that aggressive adblocking is cyber security.
rtxn@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“If you’re not willing to spread your computer’s asscheeks to let Israeli spyware into your home, you’re a pirate and I hate you.” - Linus Sebastian (probably)
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“I’m sorry for the Israeli spyware comment I made earlier. It was insensitive, but they offered me $200 for it, what was I supposed to do? It was the right move and I stand by it.”
Elliott@lemmy.world 9 months ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 months ago
As usual, excellent stock photo enhancing the story here.
03040@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Is it necessary to click on the ad? Or is it enough to go to the web page where the ad is displayed?
hackitfast@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think the implication is zero-click exploit.
But if that’s the case it should be fairly simple to reverse engineer whichever exploit they’re using.
sagrotan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Adblocker, VPN /wireguard, Firewall and my little brother knows Linux! Ha! I’m safe!
ikidd@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I love Linux, but don’t assume you aren’t vulnerable to malware because you use it. There’s plenty of Linux malware these days, since so many servers run Linux.
cybersandwich@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not to mention a VPN does absolutely fuck all to protect you from malware.
sadreality@kbin.social 9 months ago
I gOTz NuTING to HIdE
yip-bonk@kbin.social 9 months ago
It's an interesting twist. Sherlock seems designed to use legal data collection and digital advertising technologies — beloved by Big Tech and online media — to target people for government-level espionage. Other spyware, such as NSO Group's Pegasus or Cytrox's Predator and Alien, tends to be more precisely targeted.
So . . . It’s just “digital customer engagement” and all the other euphemisms for online stalking, it’s just that the intent is pre-stated to be nefarious. Hm.
Synnr@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Israeli company legally allowed to produce and sell digital spycraft, only to verified western nations, has clients of dodgy and murderous origin. News at 11.
I wonder if Jamal Khashoggi would still have been brutally hacksawed into individual bits in an embassy if not for Pegasus.
Call me crazy but I have my doubts.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Jamal Khashoggi didn’t have Pegasus on his phone though? and his wife didn’t have it until after the murder. The assassination was an old school plot in luring him to a location where the Saudi team had diplomatic immunity I thought.
theguardian.com/…/nso-spyware-used-to-target-fami…
Elliott@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Thanks for the info. I supposed Pegasus was used as well. Still simply cannot believe something that brutish and evil went completely unpunished. Shameful.
nxfsi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
He still got hacked nonetheless 🤷
Synnr@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
While I appreciate the correction, I’m not sure it changes much when they hacked and spied on those closest to him to find out the information they needed, rather than hacking him directly. I wonder if they couldn’t hack him, did and wiped the infection once he showed up to the embassy, or if he was just that careful and constantly changed or didn’t use smartphones or give his number out.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
We should be sanctioning Isreal for fostering an environment where this happens. This is not ok.