How many times have we been told not to click on a strange link or attachment? Because if we do, someone can hack our bank account, steal our identity, take over our phone, switch on its camera and microphone, read our messages and track us wherever we go.

Sadly, that advice is stale-dated.

Now, you’re reading the news on your phone. A banner ad for running shoes, a concert, a local restaurant or whatever slides into view. You barely notice it. You don’t need to tap it. But you, dear reader, are now infected.

Last week The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto published “Exposing AdFection,” the first public proof that mercenary spyware can be delivered through an ordinary “Zero-Click” targeted ad.

Read on…