AdFection spyware, Florida kids law, Ledger Atom
Good morning. It’s Thursday, October 15.
Citizen Lab says an Israeli ad company turned ordinary targeted ads into a delivery system for zero-click spyware, and Google has already cut it off. It is the first documented case in the wild of phones being infected this way, with no click from the target.
Today we are covering:
* Citizen Lab exposes AdFection, a campaign that used targeted ads to deliver zero-click spyware
* A federal appeals court lets Florida enforce its law barring children under 14 from social media accounts
* Ledger unveils the Atom, an Android companion device, while it…
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