As per the report published by Facebook parent Meta on Thursday, as many as a million Facebook users have been warned of the seemingly malicious application, they may have been exposed to. The Android and iOS malware is designed to steal passwords from social networking sites.
This year so far, Meta has detected more than 400 fraudulent applications, and structures for Apple or Android-powered smartphones. The malicious apps are apparently made available at the Play Store and App Store, says director of threat disruption, David Agranovich during a briefing.
“These apps were listed on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store and disguised as photo editors, games, VPN services, business apps, and other utilities to trick people into downloading them,” states Meta in a Blog post.
Reportedly, the fraudulent apps ask Facebook users to log in with their account information, enticing them with certain promising features. Ultimately, stealing user passwords and other credentials, if entered.
“They are just trying to trick people into entering in their login information in a way that enables hackers to access their accounts [..] We will notify one million users that they may have been exposed to these applications; that is not to say they have been compromised,” mentions Agr
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