#spyware
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AdFection: Spyware Delivered to Journalists Through an Ad Network — Without a Single Click
Citizen Lab researchers describe a first-of-its-kind attack that fuses malvertising with zero-click infection: the surveillance ad-tech ecosystem turned into a precision delivery channel for spyware.
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Pegasus Found on Belgrade University Rector's iPhone Days Before Election
Citizen Lab confirmed that rector Vladan Đokić's phone was infected with Pegasus spyware. The finding surfaced just ahead of Serbia's snap parliamentary vote.
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Targeted ads used to deliver 0-click exploits and install mercenary spyware
Researchers report what appears to be the first confirmed case of commercial spyware delivered through targeted advertising.
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Citizen Lab: governments are hacking devices through ads and zero-click spyware
Digital rights researchers have confirmed for the first time that government spyware is being delivered through online ads. Dozens of devices at Al Jazeera have already fallen victim.
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Iranian hackers spy on activists with the CHOSEN BRICK spyware
Government agencies in the US, the UK and the Netherlands, together with the FBI, have warned about a Windows malware that Iran's intelligence services use against dissidents, activists and journalists around the world.
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Mantax Otax: The Android Malware That Encrypts, Spies On and Intimidates Its Victims
A new Android malware called Mantax Otax combines the functions of ransomware and spyware, and in its second version it has picked up an arsenal for putting psychological pressure on the victim.
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Pegasus in Serbia Again: Activist's iPhone Infected via Zero-Click in iMessage
Citizen Lab and the SHARE Foundation have documented the infection of a student protest movement member's phone with the Pegasus spyware. Since the start of 2026, at least 14 people in the country have been targeted.
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US Senator Calls for a Review of How Intelligence Agencies Use Hacking Tools
Ron Wyden has urged the US Government Accountability Office to examine how the FBI, DEA, ICE and the Secret Service use spyware against Americans — citing an almost total lack of reporting.
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US Courts Will Start Disclosing How Often the Government Uses Spyware
For the first time, the US judicial system will begin publishing statistics on how many times judges have authorized the interception of communications using hacking tools. The first data will appear in 2029.
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Apple Warns Spyware Victims Right on the iPhone Lock Screen
Apple has sent out a new wave of notifications to users whose devices, according to the company, have been targeted by government spyware. This time the alerts reached people in 110 countries.
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LightSpy Spyware Operator Undone by a KFC Order in His Real Name
Arctic Wolf researchers tied the Chinese LightSpy spyware to a commercial contractor after one of its operators ordered food from KFC using his real name and office address.
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Phineas Fisher: the hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
A decade after his most notorious breach, the hacktivist remains perhaps the most effective hacker never to have been caught. What do we know about the mysterious Phineas Fisher?