Adware Spreads via Fake TikTok App, Laptop Offers

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Malicious Android apps disguised as TikTok and offers for free Lenovo laptops are being used in ad-stuffing attacks underway against devices on the Jio telecom network in India, security researchers warn.

Researchers from Zscaler report this threat actor has been operating various phishing scams since March 2020, all using recent headlines as lures.

Their most recent socially engineered messages try to convince users to download their fake version of TikTok by saying the app, which is banned in India, is now available, the report found. Another scam misleads victims into thinking they’re eligible for a free Lenovo laptop courtesy of the Indian government.

“The malware involved has features that are also commonly found in other families as well, e.g. it follows common methods of persistence, and propagation using victim’s contact information,” Deepen Desai, Zscaler CISO, told Threatpost. “The attack campaign is fairly targeted and leverages trusted resources like Weebly and GitHub for distributing the malicious content to the victims.”
 

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