And on Friday morning, the security team at the business “Meta” released a report on this issue, stating that 355 of these malicious programmes are available on smartphones running the “Android” operating system, while the number of applications reached 47 in iPhone users using “Ios”.
According to Sky News Arabia, the researchers noted that 40% of these malicious software make the claim to offer photo-editing services in addition to others that are specialised in fields like games and business.
According to experts, this intrusion starts when web developers construct harmful programmes and display them in application stores while pretending to provide necessary and natural services.
As soon as the user downloads the application, he is prompted to sign up using his Facebook account, which leaves the door wide open for identity theft.
Through his Facebook account, the user grants the developers of dangerous programmes access to all of his data stored on the platform when he accepts to register with them.
And if the email address is connected to the Facebook account and its password, the owners of these malicious applications might be able to access other data, such the email.
According to David Agranovich, director of threat mitigation for Meta, it is difficult to estimate how many users have potentially had their passwords taken by malicious apps.
Hacking of one million Facebook accounts Applications for photo editing are poisonous.
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