Members “VKontakte” massively attacked by scammers – commander

anti-virus expert “Kaspersky Lab” confirmed the data theft of hundreds of thousands of users of social network “VKontakte”. Virus users to download music with the android app from Google Play.

Roman Unuchek expert “Kaspersky Lab”, warns that you must be sure to get rid of your mobile gadget through the antivirus. The fact that you have picked up the virus, you can not guess. Theft has already been made, in the future you can expect a sudden change of the password to log in to your favorite social networks – a third party.

Hundreds of thousands of users “VKontakte” it is in Russia turned out to be infected with a virus, Trojan, which is still – by the cover of a music player – is embedded in smartphones and tablets running on Android OS. Google Play already notified about the virus in one of his applications, but instead of the remote player version of virus instantly appears new.

Malicious applications often use stolen data to add user accounts to specific groups in social networks, the promotion of which engaged the attackers. However, there were cases when the victims of malicious lost access to your account, as cybercriminals have changed the password and the account used for their own purposes. From wrongful acts suffered hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded the application.

Guide the social network does not consider this theft of burglary. According to the press secretary of “VKontakte” George Lobushkina, “users have given data voluntarily».

George Lobushkin, a spokesman for “VKontakte»:

We have repeatedly warned that foreign programs They can be dangerous. To avoid the loss of personal data, we always advise users to install only the official application “VKontakte” and connect the two-factor authentication. It will help prevent unauthorized access to your account, even if the username and password have become known to attackers.

According to the company, these applications are discovered all the time, and on this occasion, “VKontakte” file a complaint with Google.

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