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Meta ads used to distribute StreamRat Android banking trojan

September 2, 2026, 12:22 UTC · Menlo Park, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window

Researchers reported that a new Android banking trojan, StreamRat, was promoted through a fake TV‑streaming campaign on Meta’s advertising platform.

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