A new strain of malware called Electron Bot has surfaced in the Windows Store.
The criminals who snuck it in have managed to infect thousands of computers around the world.... [+]since it first appeared toward the end of 2018. Its original incarnation was an ad-clicking bot that was disguised as “Album by Google Photos.”
While the app did legitimately log users in to their Google accounts, all of its user-facing functionality was a smokescreen for behind-the-scenes advertising fraud. This newer version of Electron Bot has been spotted in the Windows Store masquerading as several popular games. The most notable so far was a clone of Temple Run, a series which boasts tens of millions of installs on Android and iOS devices.Over the past three-plus years, Check Point has noted several new capabilities. Electron Bot can now create and control accounts on various social networking platforms, which allows it further defraud advertisers via likes and shared links.
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