Apps News Google Removes 43 Malicious Apps From Play Store, Users Advised To Delete Them Now

Google removes 77 malicious apps from Play Store: Here's why

Google has confirmed pulling 77 malicious apps from the Play Store. But this is only part of a much larger cleanup. In the past year, Google deleted nearly four million apps, which works out to about ... Read More

Malicious Android apps with 19M installs removed from Google Play

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs were delivering multiple malware families to Google Play users. This malware infiltration was discovered by Zscaler's ThreatLabs ... Read More

Google deletes 224 malicious apps in SlopAds fraud campaign sting

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as NotebookCheck, and ... Read More

These 224 Malicious Apps Managed to Bypass the Play Store's Anti-Malware Checks

Google and Apple’s app stores both have a reputation for being pretty trustworthy these days. It’s easy to assume that if an app is in either the iPhone App Store or the Google Play Store, it’s safe ... Read More

Google to verify all Android devs to protect users from malware

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store. For apps on ... Read More