This November, Indian Government has announced their black-list of 42 dangerous Chinese apps. These apps on the list include UC Browser, Mi Store…! Read more about the threat of these malicious apps below!

Dangerous Chinese apps and their cyber-attack threat against India

Recently, India has reportedly blacklisted 42 Dangerous Chinese apps. All of them have the potential to carry out a cyber-attack against the country. Additionally, the Government has allegedly issued a warning to the Indian army and paramilitary against their usage. Besides, An India Today report posted the advisory letter on its website. In details, the statement reads as: “As per reliable inputs, some Android/IOS apps developed by Chinese developers, or having Chinese links are reportedly either spyware or other malicious ware. As a result, usage of these apps by our force personnel can be detrimental to data security having implications on the force and national security.”

Furthermore, Union Home Ministry has come up with the advice with inputs from several intelligence agencies. Some of them are the Research and Analysis Wing and National Technical Research Organisation. Meanwhile, they have requested immediately uninstalling the 42 apps. Additionally, this is not the first time that Indian has flagged Chinese apps. In 2016, India had issued to ask people to refrain from using Chinese origin applications as well as smartphones. On the other hand, there were some internet modems listed with suspicion of malicious activities of the gadgets.

Here are the apps that have been listed: Weibo, WeChat, SHAREit, Truecaller, UC News, UC Browser. BeautyPlus, NewsDog, VivaVideo- QU Video Inc, Parallel Space, APUS Browser, Perfect Corp, Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab). CM Browser, Mi Community, DU recorder, Vault-Hide, YouCam Makeup, Mi Store. CacheClear DU apps studio, DU Battery Saver, DU Cleaner, DU Privacy, 360 Security, DU Browser, Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile. Baidu Translate, Baidu Map, Wonder Camera, ES File Explorer, Photo Wonder. QQ International, QQ Music, QQ Mail, QQ Player, QQ NewsFeed, WeSync, QQ Security Centre. SelfieCity, Mail Master, Mi Video call-Xiaomi, and QQ Launcher.

Have you uninstalled these apps on your device?

For now, only one Swedish-based called Truecaller has responded to the acclaim. They deny any potential threat to India. What do you think about this situation? Drop a comment to let us hear your thought!