Beware! New Android Malware Hacks Thousands of Facebook Accounts

A new Android trojan has been found to compromise Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021 via fraudulent apps distributed through Google Play Store and other third-party app marketplaces.

Dubbed “FlyTrap,” the previously undocumented malware is believed to be part of a family of trojans that employ social engineering tricks to breach Facebook accounts as part of a session hijacking campaign orchestrated by malicious actors operating out of Vietnam, according to a report published by Zimperium’s zLabs today and shared with The Hacker News.

Although the offending nine applications have since been pulled from Google Play, they continue to be available in third-party app stores, “highlighting the risk of sideloaded applications to mobile endpoints and user data,” Zimperium malware researcher Aazim Yaswant said. The list of apps is as follows –

• GG Voucher (com.luxcarad.cardid)
• Vote European Football (com.gardenguides.plantingfree)
• GG Coupon Ads (com.free_coupon.gg_free_coupon)
• GG Voucher Ads (com.m_application.app_moi_6)
• GG Voucher (com.free.voucher)
• Chatfuel (com.ynsuper.chatfuel)
• Net Coupon (com.free_coupon.net_coupon)
• Net Coupon…