Deepfake case study · Video
TikTok users deepfake (May 2025)
Hackers are posting AI-generated videos on TikTok to trick users into downloading infostealing malware. The videos demonstrate how to easily “activate” Windows and Microsoft Office, or enable “premium features” in…
- Incident date
- May 2025
- Target
- TikTok users
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Hackers are posting AI-generated videos on TikTok to trick users into downloading infostealing malware. The videos demonstrate how to easily “activate” Windows and Microsoft Office, or enable “premium features” in apps such as Spotify or CapCut. The clips were AI-generated and trick the victims into downloading Vidar and StealC infostealers. One of the videos has roughly 500,000 views, more than 20,000 likes, and more than 100 comments.