: Malicious Chrome extensions and "theme" tools have been used to hijack over 500,000 VK accounts, manipulating settings and subscribing users to attacker-controlled groups.
: Early reports by Securelist (Kaspersky) detailed how apps masquerading as useful VK tools (like music players or vote hacks) contained code designed to steal login credentials. skachat programmu vk golosa 2017
: A ResearchGate paper from 2020 that discusses the "VK-scraper" tool and how malicious accounts (often created via these fake software downloads) are identified by the platform. : Malicious Chrome extensions and "theme" tools have
: An in-depth look at how "unreliable software" (including music and vote tools) facilitates large-scale theft of personal data. 000 VK accounts