Spyware Can Infect Your Phone Or Computer Via The Ads You See Online

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Spyware Can Infect Your Phone Or Computer Via The Ads You See Online
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A new type of spyware means those online ads could go from annoying to menacing.

When you see an ad on a web page, behind the scenes an ad network has just automatically conducted an auction to decide which advertiser won the right to present their ad to you.

Although it’s too early to determine the full extent of Sherlock’s capabilities and limitations, the Haaretz report found that it can infect Windows-based computers and Android phones as well as iPhones.. In most cases, the malware is aimed at computers rather than phones, is indiscriminate, and is designed to lock a user’s data as part of a ransomware attack or steal passwords to access online accounts or organizational networks.

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