Security News > 2025 > January > FireScam Android Malware Poses as Telegram Premium to Steal Data and Control Devices
2025-01-06 11:10
An Android information stealing malware named FireScam has been found masquerading as a premium version of the Telegram messaging app to steal data and maintain persistent remote control over compromised devices. "Disguised as a fake 'Telegram Premium' app, it is distributed through a GitHub.io-hosted phishing site that impersonates RuStore – a popular app store in the Russian Federation,"
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