New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) under the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has warned about a rise in financial frauds involving malicious Android applications masquerading as pornography apps.

The warning was issued through a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under (I4C) advisory issued on August 26, mentioning that these apps are being promoted through advertisements on Facebook and Instagram under names including "Night Play", "Reloop", "Kyss", "Vimo", "Rivo", "Nexo" and "Vixa", besides other variants.

The advisory said the advertisements redirect users to websites offering pornographic content, where they are persuaded to download an APK file from outside the Google Play Store.

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