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Android has a major problem with malicious apps affecting user data every now and then. Every year Google takes various initiatives to combat it and to ensure the safety of its users. The latest in the efforts by Google is the ‘App Defense Alliance‘ in which the search giant, for the first time, has sought […]
We have often reported malicious Android apps and how Google ends up eradicating those apps from the Play Store. The trend we’ve noticed is that such malware apps always have a low download count. However, today’s story teaches us that even prominent Android apps, with more than 100 million downloads, can have malicious intent. Researchers […]
Google has stepped up its measures to protect Android devices from malware-ridden apps with its in-built Play Protect malware scanner. However, it seems that Google’s malware scanner isn’t as effective as third-party antivirus apps. As concluded by a report by AV-Comparatives, an Austria-based independent organization that tests antivirus software, Google Play Protect performed the worst […]
Lately, there have been a series of reports of Google removing fraudulent Android apps on the Google Play Store. Now, the company has come up with the results of its continued efforts. In a 2018-in-review announcement, Andrew Ahn, Product Manager at Google Play, said that Play Store app suspensions went up by 66% as compared to last year. He attributes the “fight against bad […]
It’s a common habit of humans and companies to flaunt their achievements every new year. Google has just announced that it managed to wipe out around 700,000 bad apps from Google Play in 2017. For their mass takedown of bad Android apps categorized as copycats, apps with inappropriate content, and potentially harmful apps (PHA), Google credits their […]
Google’s new Play Protect security system did not success first real-world tests, and the system was rated dead in an experiment conducted by independent German lab AV-TEST, the product was able to stop only 65.8 percent of brand-new malware, and only 79.2 percent of 30-days-old malware. Most of the 20 other products scored results in […]