Apps News Google Play Store Deletion—do Not Keep These Apps On Your Phone

Over 200 malicious apps were downloaded more than 40 million times from the Google Play Store this year

Malicious apps remain one of the easiest ways for hackers to infect your devices with malware, even on first-party app stores. Read More

These 12 malicious Android apps are recording your conversations — delete them right now

Or worse, recording them? Well, that's exactly what could be happening if you accidentally installed a malicious app.Security researchers at ESET have identified twelve Android apps that have been ... 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 will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ... Read More