The Nigerian Communications Commission has warned Nigerians to stay away from mobile applications from the ‘Mobile Apps Group’.
According to the commission, the group had been discovered to release apps containing trojans and adware that were harmful to users and their privacy.
The NCC-CSIRT stated this in an advisory on Tuesday. It further disclosed that the malicious activities of these apps were high in probability and potential to do damage.
It explained that the consequences of installing the malicious apps included the user being bombarded with advertisements, theft of sensitive user data, clicking on the ads resulting in the stealth download or installation of additional malware, as well as the user privacy and data being jeopardised.
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