We’ve reported these malicious apps to our peers at Apple and Google and they have been taken down from both app stores prior to this report’s publication. This is a highly adversarial space and while our industry peers work to detect and remove malicious software, some of these apps evade detection and make it onto legitimate app stores. Business or ad management apps claiming to provide hidden or unauthorized features not found in official apps by tech platforms.Health and lifestyle apps such as horoscopes and fitness trackers.Mobile games falsely promising high-quality 3D graphics.Phone utilities such as flashlight apps that claim to brighten your phone’s flashlight.VPNs claiming to boost browsing speed or grant access to blocked content or websites.Photo editors, including those that claim to allow you to “turn yourself into a cartoon”.These apps were listed on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store and disguised as photo editors, games, VPN services, business apps and other utilities to trick people into downloading them.
Our security researchers have found more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year that were designed to steal Facebook login information and compromise people’s accounts. Most importantly, because these apps were accessible in third-party app stores, we’re encouraging people to be cautious when downloading a new app that asks for social media credentials and providing practical steps to help people stay safe. We’ve shared our findings with industry peers, security researchers and policymakers to help us improve our collective defenses against this threat.
#Appstore app linkmaker update#
Today, we’re sharing an update on our work against malicious mobile apps available in the official Apple and Google app stores that are designed to compromise people’s Facebook accounts.
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