Google has announced that it is winding down the Google Play Security Reward Program. The program was introduced in late 2017 to incentivize security researchers to find and responsibly disclose ...

In a nutshell: If you're an Android user, Google wants you to know that it's got your back when it comes to sketchy apps and shady developers trying to pull a fast one on the Play Store. In its annual ...

(RTTNews) - Google Play Store's reward program for security researchers who find vulnerabilities in popular Android apps would be discontinued on August 31, the company announced in an email to ...

Google’s updated Play Integrity API is making it significantly harder for users with rooted phones or custom ROMs to access certain applications due to enhanced security verifications. The update, now ...

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Looking at Android and Google Play as a single ecosystem, and a massive one at that with billions of users, Google has conceded that it “attracts its share of bad actors.” That’s the bad news, and ...

A mysterious family of Android malware with a demonstrated history of effectively concealing its myriad spying activities has once again been found in Google Play after more than two years of hiding ...

Google stepped up its efforts to police the Android ecosystem last year, blocking 2.28 million “policy-violating apps” from being published on the Google Play store. The figure is over 59% higher than ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

More than 90 malicious mobile apps have been downloaded more than 5.5 million times from the Google Play store in the last few months. They spread various malware, including the Anatsa banking Trojan, ...

Over 300 malicious Android applications downloaded 60 million items from Google Play acted as adware or attempted to steal credentials and credit card information. The operation was first uncovered by ...