On its website, SHAREit developers claim their apps are used by 1.8 billion users across more than 200 countries worldwide.

The report dives into the nitty-gritty details of the security vulnerabilities, but in short, SHAREit seems to play fast and loose in how it shares information and communicates with other apps.

SHAREit was part of the first lot of 59 Chinese apps that were temporarily banned in India in June last year. In January, the Union Government decided to permanently ban those 59 Chinese mobile ...

ShareIt, in particular, was found to have many flaws that can easily be exploited to steal your data or install unwanted apps on your Android device.