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Just visiting a page or refreshing an app can be enough to fall victim to a malware attack in which your personal data is stolen from a laptop or phone, researchers have found. You are not even required to “click” on anything. An Israeli spyware firm has been found to be behind the first-known instance of “zero-click” targeted advertising in which fraudsters or spies can steal private data and send it to external servers, with Al Jazeera journalists among the victims. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3A world on trial: How lawyers documenting Israeli abuse pay a pricelist 2 of 3EU lawmaker investigating surveillance hacked by Israeli spyware, report sayslist 3 of 3UK, US, Netherlands warn of Iran-linked spywareend of listIn June 2025, 45 devices used by Al Jazeera staff – including several who reported on sensitive subjects – were targeted with spyware which installed itself without the need to open or download any files. An investigation by the Canada-based academic research unit Citizen Lab, prompted by Al Jazeera’s initial internal probe into the issue, discovered that the Israeli company Candiru was behind the attacks.

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