402 malicious apps plagued Apple and Google’s stores.
In its post, Meta says that the apps tricked people into downloading them with fake reviews and promises of useful functionality . But upon opening some of the apps, users were prompted to log in with Facebook before they could actually do anything — if they did, the developers were able to steal their credentials.Meta says that it reported the apps to Google and Apple and got them taken down, but it’s still not a great look that they made it onto the stores in the first place.
” It argues that its App Review process, which theoretically vets apps before they’re made available on the App Store, has helped it build a “trusted ecosystem for millions of apps.” Despite this, the company has struggled to reign in scam apps on its platform, with someTo be fair, Facebook’s report indicates that the issue is significantly worse on the Play Store — out of the 402 malicious apps on its list, 355 were for Android, and 47 were for iOS.
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