Meta's security researchers discovered over 400 Android and iOS apps this year designed to steal Facebook login information and compromise users' accounts.
who may have unknowingly self-compromised their accounts by downloading and sharing their login credentials with a malicious app.this year that were designed to steal Facebook login information and compromise users' accounts. The apps were listed on Google's 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.
"This is a highly adversarial space and while our industry peers work to detect and remove malicious software, some of these apps evade detection and make it onto legitimate app stores," David Agranovich, Meta's threat disruption director and Ryan Victory, a Meta malware discovery and detection engineer, said in a blog post on Friday.
In order to cover up negative reviews by people who may have spotted the malicious nature of the apps, developers may publish fake reviews to trick users into downloading the malware. Meta recommends that users who believe they may have downloaded one of the apps and logged in with their social media or other online credentials to reset and create new strong passwords, enable two-factor authentication, turn on log-in alerts and report the app to Meta through its Data Abuse Bounty program. Representatives for Apple and Google confirmed to FOX Business that the malicious iOS and Android apps have been removed from the Google Play Store and App Store.
"The App Store was designed to be a safe and trusted place for users to download apps, and we have zero tolerance for fraud or apps designed with malicious intent," the spokesperson added.
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