Android mobile operating system has been used by billions of smartphone users and it is one of the attack vector for the attacker. It is not the first time that malicious application has been found on the play store. Recently another application has been identified to be malicious.
The Android application dubbed as "#Cowboy Adventure and #Jump Chess has been found malicious but it is also found that the malicious application has been downloaded over a million of times.
The malicious applications steal the credentials of the users Facebook accounts by creating a fake login page. The application has the feature named as #OAuth that allows the user to login into the Facebook account.
Once the user enters the credentials the entered credentials will be sent to the attacker and thus the user Facebook account is compromised.
Users if downloaded the game and using it are advised to change their Facebook credentials and the account where the same password is used for login.
The steps that can be followed for the prevention of downloading the malicious app are
1. Do not download application other than from Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
2. Read the users review before downloading any application.
3. Always use Two-Factor Authentication for prevention of malicious login.
4. Install a good Antivirus Software for additional Protection.
The malicious app has many reviews stating that the application locks the Facebook account. Inspite of this there are million of download for this application.
P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.
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