More than 1 Million Android Devices infected by malicious app

More than 1 Million Android Devices infected by malicious app

How Cowboy Adventure victimizes Android users?

Once installed, Cowboy Adventure produced a fake Facebook login window that prompted users to enter their Facebook usernames along with their passwords. A practice known as OAuth in which a 3rd party asks your Facebook login.

However, if users provide their credentials to Cowboy Adventure app, the malicious code within the game app allegedly sent their credentials to the attacker's server.

Therefore, If you have downloaded Cowboy Adventure or Jump Chess, you should immediately change not alone your Facebook password, but any service that uses the same combination of username and password as your Facebook account.

ESET senior security researcher Robert Lipovsky believes that the app malicious behavior is not just a careless mistake of the game developer, but the developer is actually a criminal minded.

Take Away

A few basic tips that you should always keep in your mind are:

• Always download apps from official sources, such as Google Play Store or Apple's App Store.
• Read reviews from other users before downloading an app (Many users complained about "Cowboy Adventure" that the game locked them out of Facebook accounts).
• Always use two-factor authentication on services that makes it harder for hackers to access your accounts with just your password.
• Always keep a malware scanning software from trusted vendors like Avast, AVG, ESET, Kaspersky and Bitdefender, on your smartphone.

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About Vineet Bharadwaj

Vineet Bharadwaj is the Founder of this Website. He is a Security Researcher, Pentration Tester and Certified Ethical Hacker with experience in various aspects of Information Security and Co author in "hakin9.org IT Security Magazine" n "E-forensics Magazine" and Author of Ebook "Wireshark: The packet sniffer" Also Got listed In many Big companies site's Hall Of Fame Other then He is a SEO expert,Web Analytic Expert, Blogger, Web Developer n Designer, Social Media Marketing. His all efforts is to make internet more Secure.

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