Fake Fortnite Apps for Android Spread Spyware, Cryptominers

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Fake Fortnite Apps for Android Spread Spyware, Cryptominers
May 17, 2018
https://threatpost.com/fake-fortnite-apps-for-android-spread-spyware-cryptominers/132062/

An array of malicious Android apps purporting to be the popular game known as Fortnite are accessing cameras, harvesting and wiping device data, and recording audio on victims’ phones.

Researchers at Zscaler’s ThreatLabZ said that bad actors are taking advantage of Fortnite owner Epic Games’s recent announcement that it would extend the game’s support to mobile platforms.

“There is no official news from Epic games about the release of the Fortnite game on the Android platform,” researchers said in a blog post. “Users should beware of malware authors looking to exploit their desire to play Fortnite on Android. We urge users to download games only from authorized and legitimate sources, such as Google Play.”

“We monitored the app on a device and found that this coin-mining app significantly raises CPU usage once installed,” researchers said. [...]
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