Citizen Lab
A digital rights research organization at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, focused on cybersecurity, privacy and human rights research, known for exposing government misuse of spyware.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Citizen Lab publicly confirmed for the first time that mercenary spyware can be spread through targeted ad delivery, and named the technique AdFection.
The Citizen Lab report links the AdFection technique to the Candiru spyware targeting Al Jazeera and points to a company named Discover-Tech.
A joint investigation by security researchers from Citizen Lab and Confiant found that an Israeli ad tech company partnered with a spyware vendor to deliver spyware to users' devices through online ads.
Citizen Lab found evidence that "dozens of devices" were compromised, with victims concentrated at Al Jazeera.
Citizen Lab released an investigation stating that governments in multiple countries are abusing the practice of embedding malicious code in online ads to deliver zero-click spyware to target devices.
Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and the Citizen Lab have published multiple reports tracking targeted attack activities by Indian hacker clusters against journalists, lawyers, activists, and corporate executives.
Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Citizen Lab have published multiple reports tracking targeted attacks by Indian hacker clusters against journalists, lawyers, activists, and corporate executives.
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Pegasus最早于2016年被公民实验室（Citizen Lab）发现
90%UnverifiedThe Citizen Lab report links the AdFection technique to the Candiru spyware targeting Al Jazeera and points to a company named Discover-Tech.
50%UnverifiedCitizen Lab publicly confirmed for the first time that mercenary spyware can be spread through targeted ad delivery, and named the technique AdFection.
50%UnverifiedCitizen Lab found evidence that "dozens of devices" were compromised, with victims concentrated at Al Jazeera.
50%UnverifiedGoogle's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and the Citizen Lab have published multiple reports tracking targeted attack activities by Indian hacker clusters against journalists, lawyers, activists, and corporate executives.
50%UnverifiedGoogle's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Citizen Lab have published multiple reports tracking targeted attacks by Indian hacker clusters against journalists, lawyers, activists, and corporate executives.
50%UnverifiedCitizen Lab released an investigation stating that governments in multiple countries are abusing the practice of embedding malicious code in online ads to deliver zero-click spyware to target devices.
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