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Android includes a system called App Preview Messages that ensures you receive messages from users, regardless of the app used to send the message. Here's how to disable this feature.
145 apps contained underlying executables for Windows systems.
After researchers found more than 100 Android apps infected by malicious Microsoft Windows executable files, the apps have been removed from Google Play.
Google recently removed 145 applications from Google Play after they were found to carry malicious Windows executables inside, Palo Alto Networks reveals. read more
Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store.
Following Apple's lead in banning cryptocurrency mining apps, Google has also updated its Play Store policy this week to ban apps that mine cryptocurrencies on users' devices in the background....
A wave of attacks is targeting Android devices with port 5555 open, likely in an attempt to ensnare them into a botnet, Trend Micro warns. read more
This could mean the end of free Android. In the meantime, Google plans to appeal.
Google has been hit by a record-breaking $5 billion antitrust fine by the European Union regulators for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system and thwarting competitors....
New low-end Android smartphone devices being sold to consumers in developing markets, many of whom are coming online for the first time, contain pre-installed malware, according to Upstream. This...