In a recent Epoch Times article:
In 2025, most people are inseparable from their laptops and smartphones. With that familiarity has come a wariness of the dangers of clicking on unsolicited emails, SMS, or WhatsApp messages.
But there is a new and growing menace called zero-click attacks, which have previously targeted only VIPs or the very wealthy because of their cost and sophistication.
A zero-click attack is a cyberattack that hacks a device without the user clicking anything. It can happen just by receiving a message, call, or file. The attacker uses hidden flaws in apps or systems to take control of the device, with no action needed from the user and the user remains unaware of the attack.
“Although public awareness has increased recently, these attacks have steadily evolved over many years, becoming more frequent as smartphones and connected devices proliferated,” Nathan House, CEO of StationX, a UK-based cybersecurity training platform, told The Epoch Times.
“The key vulnerability is in the software, rather than the type of device, meaning any connected device with exploitable weaknesses could potentially be targeted,” he said.
FYI: My wife and I don’t purchase anything through our phones. We use credit cards, not debit cards. This allows us to view purchases and challenge them if necessary before paying the balance. We only purchase online from our home computers inside our WIFI that has a protective firewall. We pay cash for groceries, restaurants, etc. The hackers cannot hack “cash”.