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Meta Ads Push StreamRat Android Trojan That Can Gain Near-Complete Device Control

Sep 2, 2026, 12:22 PM · by The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called StreamRat that was promoted to Spanish-speaking users through a fake television-streaming campaign on Meta and can give operators near-complete control of infected devices.

ThreatFabric said the campaign's advertisement focused on Spain and reached an estimated 570,950 Meta accounts in the European Union

Source: The Hacker News