This application was removed by Google because it could peek at the Facebook password
JAKARTA – There are at least 25 malicious applications that Google has removed from the Play Store. The action was carried out because, the application contained malware which can steal a mobile user’s Facebook account.
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As reported from ZDNetOn Thursday, July 2, the French cybersecurity firm Evina found that 25 applications such as pedometers, file managers and image editors have the potential to steal user data. Some of them even have codes that can detect user activity when opening Facebook.
This kind of application mode of stealing data is usually by directing the user to open Facebook. Where the user will be directed to a phishing page and send the information to another server to be copied.
List of malicious applications removed by Google (doc. Evina)
If it has been hacked, the owner of the phone will have to reset Facebook password and update security settings, for example activate two-factor authentication. Evina said, 25 applications that have malicious code or malware This sort of thing has been reported since the end of last May.
Some of these apps have been on the Play Store for over a year, so they can be downloaded a million times. Google also followed up on these findings by removing 25 malicious applications from the Play Store page.
Apart from removing these malicious apps, Google also disables apps from users’ devices. Google also notifies users through its Play Protect service.
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