Facebook has submitted the findings to Google and Apple and has also helped people to learn how to remain safe in the future. While breaking this news, Facebook listed: “We identified more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year that target people across the internet to steal their Facebook login information,” The company has shared the key finding with industry peers, security researchers, and policymakers asking for help to improve collective defense against this threat. Meta urged users to remain vigilant when they download a new app that asks for users’ credentials.
Login Credentials Of 1 Mn Facebook Users at Stake
David Agranovich, Director, Threat Disruption, and Ryan Victory, Malware Discovery and Detection Engineer at Meta revealed that they have given all the details regarding these apps to Apple and Google and the company has taken down these apps from their respective stores. These malicious apps were from categories such as photo editors, games, VPN services, business apps, and other utilities that could easily trick people into downloading them. Also Read: Facebook Pay is Now Called Meta Pay
