Executive Summary

Social media ads for a free streaming service exposed roughly 570,000 people to StreamRat, a banking Trojan that can take control of infected phones. The malware spreads via Meta and TikTok ads, compromising Android devices and enabling remote control for financial theft.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Malwarebytes Labs - Published Date: 2026-09-03T16:04:24+00:00 - Category: malware

Original Description: Social media ads for a free streaming service exposed roughly 570,000 people to StreamRat, a banking Trojan that can take control of infected phones.

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