The spyware has been installed more than 100,000 times. according to clubThis app called “Facestealer” was available on google Play Store for Android phones. It was removed from the platform on Tuesday, leading to accounts being hacked FB Users by stealing usernames and passwords.
Animation app
According to our colleagues, this malware pretended to be an application capable of turning photos into cartoons, which is an attractive concept for the mobile user community. In practice, “Facestealer” offered users to link their Facebook accounts to the app by displaying a fake interface for social network.
Once the manipulation is done, hackers have complete freedom to steal users’ personal data and spread false information across their accounts, committing fraud Or send phishing links to their contacts to multiply the victims.
Tens of thousands of potential victims
club Specifies that this app allowed hackers to learn IP address, conversations, searches, and other data entered into users’ Facebook accounts. According to our colleagues, it is possible that tens of thousands of people around the world have fallen into the trap.
According to Pradeo, a computer security company, the spoofed application established connections with a Russian domain that has been used intermittently for seven years. The latter was connected to several hacking apps, all of which have now been removed from the Play Store.
