Security News > 2024 > February > Fake LastPass lookalike made it into Apple App Store

A screenshot of the fake LastPass app in the Apple App store.

"Upon seeing the fake 'LassPass' app in the Apple App store, LastPass immediately began a coordinated and multi-faceted approach across our threat intelligence, legal and engineering teams to get the fraudulent app removed," Christofer Hoff, chief secure technology officer for LastPass, told The Register Thursday.

El Reg asked Apple why the fake LastPass app was still up, and while we didn't receive a response, the app's URL stopped working and the application disappeared from App Store search results on an iPhone within a few minutes of our email.

While we're confident that our readers know well how to spot a fake app from a real one, it's worth reminding everyone how to avoid being tricked into downloading a fake - and this fake LastPass app is rife with examples.

The fake LastPass app also only showed itself as having a single five-star rating, while the real LastPass app has some 52k reviews.

Along with those elements, look at the age of the app, and also take a look at the app privacy report baked into every page in the App Store - if an app doesn't seem like it needs to link certain types of data to you, then skip it - even if legit the developer might be selling your data.

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