multiple apps from play store steal your facebook password

A bad discovery has been made in several applications. Apps, which could simply be downloaded from the Google Play Store, made it possible to steal the password you use for Facebook. We have listed the apps in question.

Apps steal your Facebook password

Internet security company Dr. Web reports that several applications, which were in the Play Store, are equipped with ‘trojans’ that could get to your password from Facebook. Of the 10 applications found, 9 were downloadable from the Play Store. Together, the apps have been downloaded nearly 5.9 million times. Google’s security system has been deviously tricked, so that they were not immediately noticed by Google. After reports from Dr. Web, these have still been removed from the Play Store, but it may well be that they are still installed on your smartphone or tablet.

The researchers report that the apps were fully functional. This means that users were not immediately suspicious. For example, there was a horoscope app and a photo editor that looked fine at first glance. In their own words, it was necessary to log in with Facebook to be able to use all functions and to disable the ads in the apps. When this button was pressed, the familiar Facebook login window was displayed. What users did not see, however, was that this was a modified version of the web version, so that passwords could be intercepted.

It is best to remove the following apps from the Play Store immediately if they are (still) on your device;

• Processing Photo
• App Lock Keep
• Rubbish Cleaner
• Daily Horoscope
• Horoscope Pi
• App Lock Manager
• Lockit Master
• Inwell Fitness
• PIP Photo