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Google Play Store Photo Editor Apps Are Actually Android Malwares! Uninstall 3 Dangerous Apps Now

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A bunch of Android apps listed on the Google Play Store were recently discovered stealing Facebook users’ credentials, running ad campaigns and collecting payment information. Unfortunately, over 500,000 unaware users have already installed them.

Typically, many available apps on Google Play Store would ask users if they want to “sign in with Facebook.” This option makes it easier for the users to remember their account details and for the app to quickly verify the users’ identity.

Unfortunately, malicious actors have exploited this system, using the linked-up account details to steal sensitive user information.

Android Malware Discovered: Do Not Download These Apps

Sources from BleepingComputer explained the nature of this newly discovered malware. They received technical advice from Tatyana Shishkova, an Android malware analyst at Kaspersky, and Maxime Ingrao, a security researcher at Evina.

To quickly summarize, these apps would first ask for Facebook account credentials via “sign in.” It would then collect Facebook account information via encrypted JavaScript. The malicious app would eventually access Facebook Graph API, where it would see ad campaigns and stored payment information. Eventually, the hacker would create their own ad campaigns. Hackers would also connect the victim’s Facebook credentials and link their payment information on the newly developed campaign.

The Android apps discovered with this malware are:

  • Blender Photo Editor – Easy Photo Background Editor

  • Magic Photo Lab – Photo Editor

  • Pix Photo Motion Edit 2021

Ingrao explained in detail how he found the suspicious codes on these apps. “I noticed the suspicious code first by doing a dynamic analysis. I noticed that the WebView was running JavaScript to retrieve the credentials. Then I downloaded the code and I recoded the function that decrypts the texts inside the code, that’s how I found the executed JavaScript and the calls to the Facebook Graph API,” per BleepingComputer

Android users are warned to be extremely careful because these apps had “passed” Google Play Store’s standards. Users who recognize these apps should immediately uninstall them now. 

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Adobe Flash ended Thursday and you need to uninstall for security reasons

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (NewsNation Now) — It’s the end of an era on the internet. Adobe will stop supporting its Flash player on Dec. 31, 2020.

Most people won’t notice the change. Apple got rid of supporting Flash on most platforms a decade ago.

Part of the reason to get people to uninstall is that as of Dec. 31, Adobe won’t be updating the security of it anymore. For that reason, Adobe will also block Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning Jan. 12.

Flash debuted in 1996 as Macromedia Flash. The tool would go on to deliver animations, videos and other new experiences to the World Wide Web. Adobe announced the end of the platform in 2017.

“Several industries and businesses have been built around Flash technology — including gaming, education and video,” Adobe said in 2017. “But as open standards like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have matured over the past several years, most now provide many of the capabilities and functionalities that plugins pioneered and have become a viable alternative for content on the web.”

According to the company, more than 1.3 billion people across web browsers and operating systems used Flash — 11 times more people than the bestselling hardware game console.

2.2% or 220,000 of the top 10 million websites are using Flash, as of Dec. 31, according to Web Technology Surveys, a site that tracks the top 10 million websites in the world.

How do I uninstall?

If Flash is still installed on your device, you will likely be prompted to uninstall. Browsers like Google Chrome have been alerting users for months.

If you have Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, the browsers plan to remove the program in an update. Flash may also be installed on your computer. Adobe has created a tool to check if Flash is installed on your computer.

Here’s how to uninstall on Windows or Mac OS.

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