A series of blows to the Facebook it has been happening since 2018, as a series of malware circulates through the Android system, camouflaged as education apps. With this, criminals steal social network credentials to be reused in Internet.
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In 71 different countries, around 300,000 people were affected by these apps. android that make use of an old but still working method for information to be stolen from Facebook accounts.
The name of the malware is “Schoolyard Bully” and it is camouflaged as an educational application that apparently does not present anything offensive. to stay thereIF THEfree, check the text below.
Trojan Horse
This is a type of virus that is well known for its difficulty in combating it. The Trojan Horse is hidden in several apps that are in the Google Play Store and other app stores. Hidden codes are used in these applications that offer content that is linked to education: reading articles, books, etc.
The user is asked to log in to the app through their Facebook account so they can connect with other people, something very common for this category of apps.
The creation of weak passwords similar to other accounts can be a legitimate danger, as the same passwords can be reproduced even in bank accounts. Attackers, having access to this information, try to steal access to these accounts.
With this, the Schoolyard Bully Trojan can gain access to the victim's email address, name, password, phone number and Facebook data. Literally, criminals clean up everything they can.
Zimperium, a specialist protection company that provides training for Vietnam – a country that is easily affected by the Trojan Horse – was able to detect the malware.
How not to fall for the scam?
Apps are no longer available on the Google Play Store, but continue to cause problems for those using other download platforms. However, 300,000 victims is not a final number to count, as it cannot be measured by other platforms that perform this type of service.
The Trojan injects JavaScript so that credentials are stolen from Facebook and the process cannot be detected by the user. So that you don't fall into this trap, check the application data before downloading, independent of the platform where it is being acquired, observing the author and the evaluations of the users.
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