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Fake Kling AI Facebook Ads Deliver RAT Malware to Over 22 Million Potential Victims

Fake Kling AI Facebook Ads Deliver RAT Malware to Over 22 Million Potential Victims

May 21, 2025 Malware / Artificial Intelligence
Counterfeit Facebook pages and sponsored ads on the social media platform are being employed to direct users to fake websites masquerading as Kling AI with the goal of tricking victims into downloading malware. Kling AI is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to synthesize images and videos from text and image prompts. Launched in June 2024, it's developed by Kuaishou Technology, which is headquartered in Beijing, China. As of April 2025, the service has a user base of more than 22 million, per data from the company. "The attack used fake Facebook pages and ads to distribute a malicious file which ultimately led to the execution of a remote access Trojan (RAT), granting attackers remote control of the victim's system and the ability to steal sensitive data," Check Point said . First detected in early 2025, the campaign leads unsuspecting users to a spoofed website such as klingaimedia[.]com or klingaistudio[.]com, where they are asked to create AI-genera...
New 'VietCredCare' Stealer Targeting Facebook Advertisers in Vietnam

New 'VietCredCare' Stealer Targeting Facebook Advertisers in Vietnam

Feb 21, 2024 Malware / Cyber Threat
Facebook advertisers in Vietnam are the target of a previously unknown information stealer dubbed  VietCredCare  at least since August 2022. The malware is "notable for its ability to automatically filter out Facebook session cookies and credentials stolen from compromised devices, and assess whether these accounts manage business profiles and if they maintain a positive Meta ad credit balance," Singapore-headquartered Group-IB  said  in a new report shared with The Hacker News. The end goal of the large-scale malware distribution scheme is to facilitate the takeover of corporate Facebook accounts by targeting Vietnamese individuals who manage the Facebook profiles of prominent businesses and organizations. Facebook accounts that have been successfully seized are then used by the threat actors behind the operation to post political content or to propagate phishing and affiliate scams for financial gain. VietCredCare is offered to other aspiring cybercriminals u...
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