Don't download third party GST apps! They may be malware

Think twice before downloading those apps on your smartphone for GST-related queries. Cyber experts have raised the alarm over apps that claim to assist in calculating or filing Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns.

Security agencies asserted that market is flooded with scores of apps that claim to be providing information about government schemes and initiatives, of which most of them are dubious in nature and not safe to use.

According to the cyber experts, most of these dubious mobile applications allegedly work for data capturing or phishing. There is a pool of applications run by individuals that is based outside the country or may be running from unidentified location as there is no regulatory body to keep check on them.