Facebook warns that some of the apps are trying to steal Facebook credentials
Facebook warns that 400 applications have been discovered that steal your social network password
Facebook is warning that one million users of its social network have downloaded, or used, mobile applications that look innocent but are actually designed to steal your password to access the social network.
Since the beginning of the year, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has identified more than 400 malicious applications (the list is accessible here), available for Android and iOS. Once downloaded and installed on your phone, these “trapped” apps ask users to enter their Facebook credentials to use certain features.
The programmers of these applications were probably looking to gain access to other passwords, not just the ones on Facebook profiles.
Meta said it shared its findings with Apple and Google. However, Apple has not made any public comment on this situation. In turn, Google indicates that it has already removed most of the applications reported by Meta from its Play Store.
More than 40% of the applications reported were used to edit images. Others consisted of simple tools, to turn your phone, for example, into a flashlight. David Agranovich advised users to be cautious when a service asks for credentials, or when it makes an offer “too good to be true”.
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