Fake Netflix, YouTube, Instagram apps with DogeRAT malware detected

With smartphones, users can perform several tasks and get services done with just a few taps on the screen. Now, more people are using smartphones than ever before, but most of them lack knowledge on how to detect and avoid cyber threats online.

What’s more concerning is that cybercriminals are coming up with ingenious ways to hoodwink even smart people. They are now capable of creating fake apps with genuine-looking logos, typefaces, and interfaces of popular brands with malware to steal user data.

In the latest instance, CloudSEK’s TRIAD team has detected a cybercriminal group, which is using Telegram to circulate fake YouTue, Netflix, ChatGPT, Opera Mini, and Instagram, among other popular apps with a deadly DogeRAT (Remote Access Trojan)