LastPass is warning its customers a couple of fraudulent app discovered on the Apple App Retailer — known as “LassPass Password Supervisor.”
LastPass is a password supervisor utility — a software that enables customers to create a number of safe passwords and retailer them multi function place, behind one robust grasp password.
Although the faux app carefully resembles the official LastPass app by way of branding and interface, upon nearer inspection, the app options warning indicators, together with misspellings inside its descriptions.
The fraudulent app additionally solely has one ranking, and lists Parvati Patel because the developer; the official LastPass app, in the meantime, has 52,300 rankings and lists LogMeIn because the developer.
Although it is not an ideal impersonation of the LastPass model, its look in Apple’s official App Retailer is regarding, and unwary customers who do not take a look at the itemizing’s particulars may obtain the app by mistake. LastPass did not supply particulars as to the dangers that the fraudulent app may pose, apart from intimating potential theft of any credentials that customers enter into it: “We’re elevating this to our prospects’ consideration to keep away from potential confusion and/or lack of private knowledge,” the corporate stated.
LastPass famous on its weblog that it’s working to get the fraudulent app taken down.
