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This particular piece of mobile malware is a perfect example it misleads by infecting a legit app with malicious code and then hides its presence under the name of well-known corporation."īased on characters found in its code, the Facebook Lite version originates from China. "The literal meaning of Trojan when it comes to computing is quote from Wikipedia any malicious computer program which is used to hack into a computer by misleading users of its true intent. Malwarebytes senior malware intelligence analyst Nathan Collier reflects on Spy.FakePlay's behavior in a blog post: This service, which masquerades as a Google Update, then runs the equally deceptive, a receiver which contains malicious code for stealing users' device information and installing malicious apps. The app works as advertised, but every time the device boots up, the app launches. Sometimes they do just that, but it comes at a cost.Ĭase and point, Malwarebytes came across one Facebook Lite version that's been infected with an Android trojan known as Android/. It's their hope they can find a version of the app that works with their phone or location. These factors help to explain why users go looking for apps like Facebook Lite on third-party Android app stores.
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