New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an advisory warning Android users about a growing financial fraud threat involving malicious applications disguised as pornographic apps and circulated through social media advertisements.
The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a copy of which lies with news agency JKNS stated that, it has observed a rise in financial frauds involving malicious Android applications operating under names including "Night Play", "Reloop", "Kyss", "Vimo", "Rivo", "Nexo" and "Vixa", among other similar variants.
According to the advisory, the applications are primarily promoted through ad...