Change your password now: Meta warns at least 1 million Facebook accounts may be …

FILE – The Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia, May 16, 2012. Facebook says it has identified and stopped a sprawling network of fake accounts that spread Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine throughout Western Europe. Facebook parent company Meta says the network created 60 websites that mimicked legitimate news organizations but parroted Russian talking points about Ukraine. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt Rourke, Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)Facebook users may want to take caution and change your passwords as soon as possible after the network warns more than one million accounts may be compromised, according to a report by Forbes. In a report released Thursday by Meta, Facebook’s parent company, they identified at least 400 Android and iPhone malware that attempted to steal user passwords over the past year.The malware apps were disguised as fake photo editors, virtual private networks, and health trackers among others. Developers create these apps with “fun or with user functionality” — a good example would be a photo editor that transforms a picture into a cartoon.A report by The Washington Post says most of these apps apparently…
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