The spyware has been installed over 100,000 times.
According to
Clubic
, this application called "Facestealer" was available on the Google Play Store of Android phones.
Removed from the platform on Tuesday, it compromised users' Facebook accounts by stealing usernames and passwords.
A cartoon app
According to our colleagues, this malicious software pretended to be an application capable of transforming photos into cartoon images, an attractive concept for the community of mobile users.
In practice, “Facestealer” offered users to link their Facebook account to the application by displaying a fake social network interface.
Once the manipulation was done, the hackers were free to steal users' personal data and spread false information via their account, commit fraud or even send phishing links to their contacts to multiply the victims.
Tens of thousands of potential victims
Clubic
specifies that this application allowed hackers to see the IP address, conversations, searches and other data entered on users' Facebook accounts.
According to our colleagues, tens of thousands of people around the world have potentially fallen into the trap.
According to Pradeo, a company specializing in computer security, the deceptive application established connections with a Russian domain that had been used intermittently for seven years.
The latter was connected to several pirate applications, now all removed from the Play Store.
Society
Health insurance: The Ameli site hacked, the data of more than 500,000 French people stolen
high tech
Play Store: This antivirus app contains malware that can collect your bank details
Application
Piracy
high tech
google
android
0 comment
0 share
Share on Messenger
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Flipboard
Share on Pinterest
Share on Linkedin
Send by Mail
To safeguard
A fault ?
To print