How to know if my Facebook account was affected by a malicious application

Meta identified 400 malicious apps in the App Store and Play Store (Meta)

An investigation of Goal found a total of 400 malicious apps that hid their intention to steal user data under the guise of apps dedicated to edition of photos, games, installation of wallpapers and other additional functions.

The applications, which were available in virtual stores such as app store Y Play Store and that have already been removed from the platform, affected a large number of users, so David AgranovichDirector of Security Policy in Goal At a global level, it indicated some of the ways that users have to find out if their accounts have been compromised by this type of application.

The Facebook accounts that were affected by the theft of access credentials Through malicious applications, they will have the support of the social network team to reestablish control of their profile and prevent even more personal information from being stolen.

Agranovich indicated to TechMarkup that the people who were affected received a notification so that they are aware of the situation of their bill and can take preventive measures in the future. “The reason we are careful is because the applications were not downloaded on our services (Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp)”

The reason why Meta is careful when notifying people about the possible violation of their accounts is because the applications were not downloaded on social networks developed in the company such as Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
The reason why Meta is careful when notifying people about the possible violation of their accounts is because the applications were not downloaded on social networks developed in the company such as Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Furthermore, he stated that Goal You can’t know for sure when an account has been compromised, but you can have strong suspicions. This is because your social networks cannot know what Applications were installed on the devices.

“The impact does not occur on our platform, but on the one that corresponds to the malicious application, so the best we can do is provide tools and information to people so that this does not happen again,” said the representative of the company. technology.

In the event that users have received a notification of Facebook about a possible security breach of your account, you should take the following steps:

uninstall the application immediately and download it again.

– Create a new password for the account that is not similar to the one used in other web services or social networks.

Facebook issues notifications to users about a possible security breach of their account.

– Activate the authentication in two steps by means of a external application so that an additional layer of security is added to the account.

– It is preferable to enable login alerts so that the device is notified when the account is accessed in an unauthorized way on other devices phones either computers.

– Make sure that all the devices have the account session open.

– Meta also recommends reporting those Applications that may be potentially malicious so that fewer people may be affected by the violation of their Informatic security.

How to identify a malicious app in the Play Store and App Store

David Agranovich indicated in an exclusive interview with TechMarkup that users must ask themselves three questions in order to know if the application they are downloading or planning to install on their devices is potentially malicious.

– Does it make sense that this application asks for access to Facebook to work?

– What do the negative reviews of apps in the Apple or Google store?

– Are the features and capabilities offered by the app too good to be true?

“If a person downloads a flashlight app, but before I can use it it tells me I need to sign in with Facebook. That’s probably something fishy,” Agranovich said.

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