Meta says these apps are stealing your private information on Facebook
identifying over 400 malicious Android and iOS apps that steal your Facebook login information when downloaded.
Meta points to these examples of malicious apps that steal your Facebook login credentials once inputted:Photo editors, including ones where users can “turn themselves into a cartoon.” These have become very popular as of late.Phone utilities such as flashlight apps claim to increase your phone’s brightness.Heath and fitness apps like fitness trackers and even horoscope apps.Meta says that most malicious data-stealing apps were fake photo editors at 42%, followed by business utility apps at 15.
Once stolen attackers can readily gain access to personal accounts and message friends and family you are linked with. Usually, these will be chain messages, or adverts, or even links to malicious sites or apps.
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