These Android apps were stealing users' Facebook passwords

[Hanno Labuschagne]

These Android apps were stealing users' Facebook passwords

Google has removed nine popular apps from the Play Store that contained trojans that stole users' Facebook login details.

This comes after a report by Dr Web of how its malware analysts had discovered malicious code in the apps, which were downloaded more than 5.8 million times.

 

[RudderVator]

"Horoscope Daily" Ah...Big brain consumer apps... Then people say Apple's approach to the app store is wrong but it protects these people from themselves?

 

[backstreetboy]

"Horoscope Daily" Ah...Big brain consumer apps... Then people say Apple's approach to the app store is wrong but it protects these people from themselves?

Lol you think the iOS store doesn't have malware?

2% of the most popular iOS apps turned out to be malware

2% of the most popular iOS apps turned out to be malware. They examined the 1000 most popular apps for iOS in the App Store.

www.gizchina.com

In a lawsuit with Epic, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that without the strict checking of apps in the App Store, it would turn into “toxic chaos”. At the same time, a report published by the Washington Post; shows that of the 1000 most popular apps for iOS in the App Store; about two percent in one form or another deceived users, which sometimes cost them significant money.

 

[RudderVator]

GizCHINA? Yeah, I think not. Probably written by Huawei

 

[backstreetboy]

GizCHINA? Yeah, I think not. Probably written by Huawei

There's a link to the original article at the bottom... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/06/apple-app-store-scams-fraud/

 

[backstreetboy]

No, but it's common knowledge that Play store is a cesspit compared to app store.

Lol exaggerate much?

 

[charlieharper]

"Horoscope Daily" Ah...Big brain consumer apps... Then people say Apple's approach to the app store is wrong but it protects these people from themselves?

Agreed.
Android users also have lower income on average compared to Apple users so getting a bit of fake positivity from Horoscopes is useful.

iPhone Users Earn Higher Income, Engage More on Apps than Android Users

The median iPhone app user earns $85,000 per year, which is 40 percent more than the median Android phone user with an annual income of $61,000. On average, iPhone users engage with their smartphone apps for nine more hours in a given month than Android users.

www.comscore.com

Edit: before I get hate mail, I meant it tongue in the cheek... but lets be honest, it's probably mostly less tech savy that installs these kinda apps and as a result mostly low end devices that gets infected by these kinda apps.

 

[backstreetboy]

Nope.
If you've deployed apps on both you'd know the difference in standards for getting published.

Report identifies the most dangerous mobile app store on the internet

And, no! It's not the Google Play Store.

www.zdnet.com

Lol a report from a security vendor that makes money by flogging their crap.

 

[s0lar]

Lol exaggerate much?

'droid fanboys, tisk tsik.

Android devices 50 times more infected compared to iOS - Panda Security

Android-powered connected devices are fifty times more likely to be infected with malware when compared to iOS.

www.pandasecurity.com

 

[prod]

Lol exaggerate much?

Lol too funny

 

[backstreetboy]

'droid fanboys, tisk tsik.

Android devices 50 times more infected compared to iOS - Panda Security

Android-powered connected devices are fifty times more likely to be infected with malware when compared to iOS.

www.pandasecurity.com

Another AV company flogging their product.

 

[s0lar]

Another AV company flogging their product.

Nord suffice? I got a long lunch break, happy to keep at it until you are satisfied.

Are iPhones more secure than Android phones? A guide

Both iPhone and Android boast of continuous security improvements. Find out how they measure across different security factors and which is considered safer.

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