Fake Facebook Lite App Infected with Trojan to Steal Users' Info

[Bot]

A version of Facebook Lite circulating on third-party app stores is infected with Spy FakePlay Trojan. Instead of coming from Facebook, the app was actually developed by some people in China.

According to researchers from Malwarebytes Labs, this version of the popular mobile app Facebook Lite, which is a more compact version of the original app, using less data, was found infected with Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay.

The app works just as it is supposed to, but there's that extra malicious activity working in the background that kind of hampers the mood. The fake app uses a malicious receiver (com.google.update.LaunchReceiver) and service (com.google.update.GetInst), trying to pass as a Google Update.

The researchers note tat the com.google.update.LaunchReceiver runs whenever the phone is booted, immediately running the receiver com.google.... (read more)

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[Winter Soldier]

Another good reason to stay away from third-party app stores.

 

[Overlord]

Android will soon be the most popular system in the world, for this moment, the solution is to increase vigilance and install APK files from trusted sources.

 

[Butterfly]

Why do they never specify which third-party app stores...

 

[Quent]

As for me, facebook is a shining example of privacy rights violation. It’s an open secret that it stores gigabytes of personal data and can leak them at any moment (voluntarily or by force). That’s why you need to not only run authoritative app, but also install some protective measures.