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Security experts aren't happy after Fortnite's creator, Epic Games, announced it would not go through Google Play.
There's both good news and bad news for Fortnite game lovers. Fortnite, one of the most popular games in the world right now, is coming to Android devices very soon, but players would not be able...
145 apps contained underlying executables for Windows systems.
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 this week announced that it is adding a small amount of security metadata on top of APKs distributed by Google Play in order to verify their authenticity. read more
Innocent-looking apps with ad clicker malware have bypassed Google's safeguards
A new targeted surveillance app has been found and booted from Google Play. The app, named Dardesh, posed as a chat application and acted as a downloader for a second app that could spy on users....
Researchers said three apps used to surveil Middle East targets were booted from the Google Play marketplace.
New malware and unwanted apps are discovered on Google Play nearly every day – or so it seems. According to Google’s statistics, in 2017 the company has taken down more than 700,000 apps that...
Google took down over 700,000 Android applications from the official software marketplace last year, 70% more than were removed from the store in 2016. read more