TikTok Serves Up Fresh Gamer Targets via Fake Among Us, Steam Offerings

guest · Oct 19, 2021

TikTok Serves Up Fresh Gamer Targets via Fake Among Us, Steam Offerings
The tween-friendly video app is being used to serve up malvertising
October 18, 2021
https://threatpost.com/tiktok-gamer-targets-among-us-steam/175546/

The latest TikTok attacks are getting served to gamers on the platform disguised as “free” or “hacked” versions of games like Among Us, free Steam accounts and more, according to a new report from Malwarebytes Labs.

“What we sometimes see on TikTok is gaming-themed accounts making many of the same promises you see on other platforms,” the report said. “Free games, free items, free stuff. Everything is definitely free with no strings attached. Would RandomAccountGuy3856 lie to you?”
One example offered a free “Among Us Always Impostor Hack,” which promised to let the user play as an impostor on command.
Instead, the link served up malicious ads.
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TikTok Helps Target Young Gamer
Considering games like Among Us are largely played by tweens and teenagers, the emerging TikTok landscape could be a potent tool for threat actors to launch offensives against kids, researchers pointed out.

“These are tried-and-tested techniques on other platforms, with an added sheen of believability provided by the TikTok videos which look and sound convincing to the untrained eye — which is exactly what scammers are banking on,” Malwarebytes Labs’ Chris Boyd told Threatpost.

“It all feels very informal and casual, and that’s exactly the kind of ambience a scammer would look to hit you with alongside their dubious websites and offers.”
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Malwarebytes: “Free Steam game” scams on TikTok are Among Us

There are accounts themed around pretty much any interest you can think of, and one of the biggest is gaming.
It’s not all entirely innocent, however. Sometimes we observe new twists on old scams, or slick videos designed to obscure some sleight of hand.
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