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What happened

WIRED security coverage highlights targeted surveillance, mercenary zero-click spyware delivered through online advertising, vulnerabilities in AI assistants and desktop applications, alleged autonomous-agent intrusions into health and government systems, data-privacy concerns, and evolving cybercrime tactics. The most urgent items involve zero-click mobile spyware, AI-agent compromises, and zero-day flaws enabling sensitive-data theft or broad system control.

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