While the debate rages as to the privacy implications of taking part in the viral FaceApp Challenge, security researchers have now issued warnings about fake FaceApp Challenge apps spotted in the wild and installing malware. FaceApp itself is nothing new, it first went viral back in 2017, but this latest FaceApp Challenge has taken the internet by storm. The challenge for those unfortunate enough to install this app, which tricks users into thinking it is a certified version of FaceApp, is not getting infected by malware. Fake FaceApp Challenge app installs malware "Kaspersky has identified a fake application that is designed to trick users into thinking it is a certified version of FaceApp," Igor Golovin, a security researcher at Kaspersky, warned, "but goes on to infect devices with an adware module called MobiDash." Because the threat actors behind MobiDash often hide their malware behind the illusion of popular applications, and they don't come much more so than the FaceApp Challenge right now, Golovin warned that "the activities of the fake version of FaceApp could intensify, especially if we are talking about hundreds of targets in just a few days."
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