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Banned-in-India Chinese app SHAREit said to have severe data privacy flaws

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Popular Chinese file-sharing application SHAREit has severe security vulnerabilities, some of which can be abused by nefarious actors to leak sensitive data from impacted devices. The flaws could also allow attackers to execute arbitrary code using the app’s permissions with a malicious code or modified installation files. These findings are part of a recent report by security firm, Trend Micro.