Google strengthens Play Protect to detect financial fraud apps and side-loaded malware, improving user security alerts.

F or years, Google has been working hard to make Android an OS that is as secure as it is functional, without sacrificing the ...

Google is sharing some of its latest improvements and next steps for keeping Android apps safe and secure. The Play Store is working on new badges like its one for VPN apps to highlight vetted ...

Google Play Protect, the built-in security feature that scans apps for malware, is getting a much-needed upgrade. The tool, which performs safety checks on all Android apps before download ...

The era of app store exclusivity may be coming to an end. While the Google Play Store and Apple App Store are still the de ...

Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender, who also credited IAS Threat Lab, said they discovered at least 331 apps that were available via the Google Play Store which, cumulatively, amassed more ...

Unlike Utah’s App Store Accountability Act, Google emphasizes collaboration between app stores and developers that would improve parental controls.

Over 300 malicious apps engaged in a massive ad fraud and credential and credit card theft campaign have been downloaded over ...

You can never be too careful when downloading new apps to one of the best Android phones. Case in point: Bitdefender has discovered hundreds of malicious apps on the ...

Security researchers have shared a warning about five Android apps which contain spyware from a state-backed North Korean hacking group.

Researchers have discovered multiple Android apps, some that were available in Google Play after passing the company’s security vetting, that surreptitiously uploaded sensitive user information to ...

Although all of these apps have since been removed from Google Play, there's a significant risk that Vapor will return through new apps as the threat actors have already demonstrated the ability ...