We missed this earlier Cybersecurity firm Symantec has found 152 fake Android apps masquerading as apps from Reliance Jio. The firm found out that these apps had 21 different package names and claimed to offer free daily data of 25 GB or 125 GB with a validity ranging from one day to a year. However, it noted that these exuberant claims were made only to generate advertising revenue for developers of these apps. Symantec also found that between January and June this year, these fake apps were installed on more than 39,000 mobile devices, with most of them being in India. While the offers available on these apps were found to vary, the firm said that there were a few commonalities in how these apps could potentially trick users: Similar app icons and UI: These malicious apps have similar logos to that of the MyJio app. App names are generally variations of the original app: such as Jio 4G offers and Jio Prime. The firm said that by virtue of having such apparently similar-looking apps alone, users can be tricked into downloading one of these malicious apps. In fact, the similarities don’t just end at the app icon itself. Symantec noted that the user-interface (UI) screen of these malicious apps is also very similar to that of the original MyJio app. False progress: Users are asked to fill in their mobile numbers so that the free data offer can be activated on the number. Symantec found that regardless of the validity…
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