Google deletes 224 malicious apps in SlopAds fraud campaign sting

Google has removed 224 malicious apps from the Play Store that were part of a sophisticated ad fraud campaign called SlopAds, which generated 2.3 billion fake ad requests per day and had over 38 ... 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

Dangerous Android banking trojan found lurking in malicious apps with 19 million installs — don’t fall for this

Even on official app stores, you need to be careful what you download. Case in point, 77 malicious apps with a combined total of 19 million installs were found spreading malware on the Google Play ... Read More

Google nukes 224 Android malware apps behind massive ad fraud campaign

A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed "SlopAds" was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. Read More

Hundreds of malicious Android apps exploited to drive "SlopAds" massive ad fraud

Earlier this year, Google provided figures about Android's supposed resilience against malware and other security threats. Yet the newly uncovered "SlopAds" campaign shows that Mountain View's ... Read More