your credentials have been stolen by malicious applications

From these lines, we always recommend a series of guidelines to protect you from malicious applications or malicious use. And it is that Meta warns Facebook users about hundreds of apps on Google Play and Apple’s App Store that were designed to steal social network credentials.

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400 applications identified as malicious

From The Verge, we know that Meta gave a warning to one million users who had their login credentials stolen. Mark Zuckerberg’s company identified more than 400 malicious apps “disguised” as games, photo editors and other tools.

In fact, he has sent a notification to affected users to alert them that their accounts might be compromised by downloading these apps and sharing their credentials.

Now you have to go to Bloomberg who published this one million users have been affected by these malicious applications. Meanwhile, Meta shared a post stating that the apps tricked users into downloading them with fake reviews and the promise of useful features.

The curious thing about those apps is that they prompt users to sign in on Facebook before turning to its supposed usefulness as a tool. Of course, Google and Apple have already received the report to remove them from their stores.

Problem for Apple and Google

Un dato importante es que tanto Apple como Google se las ven y desean para mantener limpias sus tiendas con apps de este tipo; las dos avisan repetidamente que usar una APK, en este caso el de la gran G, puede llevar consecuencias como las dichas ahora por Meta.

Y cierto es que en este caso el mayor problema lo tiene Google con su Play Store, según el reporte de Facebook, de las 402 apps maliciosas, 355 fueron en Android, mientras las restantes, unas 47, para iOS. Hay que entender aquí que la apertura del sistema, con tiendas de terceros y la posibilidad de instalar APKs, permite que estas apps se adentren en los móviles de muchos.

Una recomendación es fijarse en que la app descargada hace lo que realmente dice desde la descripción en la tienda de Google, o simplemente echar un vistazo por las reseñas para encontrar que tenga negativas.

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