Tag: Apple app store malicious apps

[ad_1] Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been "exposed" to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network. So far this year, Meta has identified more than 400 "malicious" apps tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and available at the Apple App Store and Google Pay Store, director of threat disruption David Agranovich said 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," Meta said in a blog post. The apps often ask people to login with their Facebook account information to use promised features, stealing usernames and p...