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Scam Apps Stole Facebook Login Credentials – Here’s a List of the Bad Actor Authored Apps

Facebook parent company Meta has issued a security warning to approximately 1 million Facebook users that their login credentials may have been stolen by scam apps. While the majority of the apps were Android apps, 47 of them were distributed in Apple’s iOS App Store.

The apps used “Login with Facebook” to steal the logins. Many apps and websites offer third-party login options, commonly using third-party login options include:

  • Login with Facebook
  • Login with Google
  • Login with Apple

These login methods are designed to make it quicker and easier for users to log in to an app, eliminating the need to register an account. However, this also opens the door to bad actors using the feature to steal your login credentials.

Engadget reports:

Meta is warning 1 million Facebook users that their account information may have been compromised by third-party apps from Apple or Google’s stores. In a new report, the company’s security researchers say that in the last year they’ve identified more than 400 scammy apps designed to hijack users’ Facebook account credentials.

According to the company, the apps are disguised as “fun or useful” services, like photo editors, camera apps, VPN services, horoscope apps, and fitness tracking tools. The apps often require users to “Log In with Facebook” before they can access the promised features. But these login features are merely a means of stealing Facebook users’ account info. And Meta’s Director of Threat Disruption, David Agranovich, noted that many of the apps Meta identified were barely functional.

Facebook users that have used one of the scam apps will see the following message in the Facebook app:

A security notice from Meta

You may have logged into Facebook from a malicious app designed to steal your
Facebook account information.

To protect your information we recommend you secure your account immediately.

The site says that the iOS apps identified mostly targeted business users, with names like Meta Business, FB Analytic, and so on.

If you have installed any of the apps in the list below (shared by 9to5Mac), you should remove the app and then change your Facebook password.

iOS App ID App Name
1555651942 FB Advertising Optimization
1561642325 Business ADS Manager
1563142182 Ads Analytics
1564091908 FB Adverts Optimization
1566705026 FB Analytic
1566706023 FB Adverts Community
1574530186 Adverts Ai Optimize
1587056055 Very Business Manager
1591775710 FB Business Support
1593368297 Fb Ads
1596775769 Meta Optimizer
1597553589 Business Manager Pages
1598946098 Adverts Manager
1600072709 Meta Adverts Manager
1600404846 Ad Optimization Meta
1601275530 FB Pages Manager
1602637866 Business Ads
1603255418 Meta Business
1603571287 Business Suite Manager
1604086670 FB Ads Cost
1607057895 Adverts Bussiness Suite
1608743187 Business Ads Clock
1609915932 Ads & Pages
1610859814 Business Suite
1610944161 Business & Ads
1612196202 Business Manager Overview
1613983385 Business Suite Ads
1619733733 Page Suite Manager
1622402517 Business Meta Support
1623362126 Pages Manager Suite
1625368035 Business Meta Pages
1626632781 Business Suite Ads
1626692617 Ads Business Knowledge
1629919774 Page Suite Managers
1631778308 Pages Managers Suite
1632069527 Ads Business Advance
1632606219 Pages Manager Suite
1633012933 Business Suite Optimize
1633016482 Business Manager Suite
1633078757 Business Suite Managers
1633828994 Ads Business Manager
1635045234 Ads Business Suite
1635301567 Business Manager Pages
1635555183 Business Adverts Manager
1636196931 Ads Manager Suite
1636825108 Business Manager Pages
1639572841 Ads & Business Suite
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