There is a fake Flash Player Android app that you seriously should avoid downloading

Adobe is not desperate enough to send users links to download the APK file of Flash Player, which has been dead since 2020. So be vigil and avoid such scams.

A piece of software that once was critically important to internet users has returned but with a nefarious purpose: to hack your device. If that rings an alarm in your head, be informed that it is a new malware campaign and this time it is leveraging the popularity of Adobe’s Flash Player, which the company discontinued in 2020.

Hackers are now targeting Android users through a malware campaign that involves downloading Flash Player. A new “FluBot” distribution scheme tricks users into downloading a bogus Flash Player app infected with a dangerous banking trojan, according to PhoneArena. The link that urges users to download the APK file of Flash Player through a sketchy website was found to have come from people that you would blindly trust, such as your family, relatives, or close friends.