BANGKOK, April 4 (TNA) – Police warn that some software applications have malware that creates a fake Facebook log-in page to steal users’ names and passwords.

 

Pol Col Siriwat Deepor, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police Office, said researchers from a cybersecurity company, Pradeo, found that the Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools application available through Google Play Store had the malware named Facestealer which created a screen that looked like the log-in page of Facebook.

 

It could thus steal the users’ names and passwords of victims and the data were then sent to the server of a hacker overseas.

 

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The world is full of unscrupulous people who take it amongst themselves to ruin others lives and steal identities.

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

steal the users’ names

I'm not bothered. 

 

I've found very few people in Thailand want to operate in a 'safety first' environment. 

 

 

12 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

The world is full of unscrupulous people who take it amongst themselves to ruin others lives and steal identities.

Yes.....lives would be crushed severely over a FB account. ????

17 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Yes.....lives would be crushed severely over a FB account. ????

You understand folks have too much private info on their accounts right?  Additionally, they may also have CCs linked.  In LE we used FB to track folks we were looking for and used pictures they showed as evidence for prosecution.  Geo tracking is available for all photos.  When folks go on vacation and show their friends and others, it shows their house is empty and available to get robbed as well.  Try again Sir.

Edited April 5, 20224 yr by ThailandRyan

13 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

The world is full of unscrupulous people who take it amongst themselves to ruin others lives

RTP

Facebook doesn't have to hack their users accounts - they insist users accept their spyware or they lock them out.

 

https://www.redmondpie.com/beware-facebook-protect-is-essentially-a-spyware-for-iphone-and-android-devices/

Yet another reason to avoid facilebook like the plague. 

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter! (King Lear)

never used Fakebook or Android, never will.