Security News > 2020 > April > Trojanized Zoom Apps Target Remote Workers
Malicious, re-packaged versions of the Zoom video conferencing application are targeting work-from-home Android users with adware and Trojans, Bitdefender reports.
One type of attack, Bitdefender reveals, involves the use of re-packaged Zoom clones that are being distributed via third-party markets.
Another injected Zoom application was observed specifically targeting Chinese users.
A third malicious sample that attempts to impersonate Zoom is targeting Android users in the United States, Bitdefender says.
Named ZOOM Cloud Meetings, the application hides itself from the menu after execution, then starts a repeating alarm that randomly sends intent to an ad service to open an ad. The malicious app then checks for a hardcoded string in assets, called 'admin', and asks for admin rights if the string is true.