# StreamRat Android malware spreads through Meta and TikTok ads

DevFeed: [StreamRat Android malware spreads through Meta and TikTok ads](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/streamrat-android-malware-spreads-through-meta-and-tiktok-ads-8441.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/streamrat-android-malware-spreads-through-meta-and-tiktok-ads>)

Author: Pieter Arntz

Published: 2026-09-03T16:04:24Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [StreamRAT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streamrat.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>)

Tags: [ads](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ads.md>), [advertising](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advertising.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [meta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meta.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [scam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scam.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [streamrat](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streamrat.md>), [threat-intel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threat-intel.md>), [tiktok](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tiktok.md>)

## AI overview

A malicious ad campaign used fake streaming-service promotions on Meta and TikTok to distribute the StreamRat Android banking Trojan. The campaign directed Android users to a tailored download page that coached them past security warnings and enabled credential theft and remote device control.

## Source excerpt

Social media ads for a free streaming service exposed roughly 570,000 people to StreamRat, a banking Trojan that can take control of infected phones.