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Posted by Steve Kafka and Khawaja Shams (Android Security and Privacy Team), and Mohet Saxena (Play Trust and Safety)
A safe and trusted Google Play experience is our top priority. We leverage our SAFE (see below) principles to provide the framework … Continue reading How we fought bad apps and bad actors in 2023
Google Play Protect checks for malicious sideloaded apps at install time on Android, but Google is going to expand this feature.
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Posted by Rahul Mishra, Program Manager, Android Security and Privacy TeamThrough 2019, Google Play Protect continued to improve the security for 2.5 billion Android devices. Built into Android, Play Protect scans over 100 billion apps every day for ma… Continue reading How Google Play Protect kept users safe in 2019
Google has banned nearly 600 Android apps from the Play Store for bombarding users with disruptive ads and violating its advertising guidelines.
The company categorizes disruptive ads as “ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, including i… Continue reading Google Bans 600 Android Apps from Play Store for Serving Disruptive Ads
Even after so many efforts by Google for preventing its Play Store from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and get into its service to infect Android users with malware.
Two such Android apps have recently been sp… Continue reading New Android Malware Apps Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection
Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after finding out that they were pushing aggressive, full-screen adware to Android users.
With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adwar… Continue reading Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Infect 9 Million Android Users
If you are wondering how to receive latest updates for an Android app—installed via a 3rd party source or peer-to-peer app sharing—directly from Google Play Store.
For security reasons, until now apps installed from third-party sources cannot be updat… Continue reading Google Solves Update Issue for Android Apps Installed from Unknown Sources
Won’t somebody besides the scammers please think of the children? New malware on the Google Play Store downloaded over 3 million times hid inside nearly 70 different children’s game apps. The malware, known as AdultSwine, created an array of problems for victims including scaring them into installing fake security apps, spending money on premium SMS messages and displaying ads over other apps that included pornographic content. Infected apps include Five Nights Survival Craft (with over 1 million downloads), Mcqueen Car Racing Game (over 500,000 downloads) and Addon Pixelmon for MCPE (over 500,000 downloads). The ads come from popular advertisement networks like Google, Facebook and Immobi, as well as the malware’s own ad library, which include the pornographic advertisements. Researchers from Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies say AdultSwine could also easily be used for more nefarious things like credential theft. Despite significant efforts from Google, the Google Play Store is regularly hit by malware outbreak […]
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Google moved quickly to kick three fake bitcoin wallet apps from its Google Play marketplace after researchers discovered them earlier this month. Continue reading Google Play Boots 3 Fake Bitcoin Wallet Apps
Google discovered a spyware app that uses nearly a dozen old vulnerabilities to root devices and steal sensitive data from social media applications. Continue reading Google Detects and Boots Tizi Spyware Off Google Play