Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an 'independent security reviews' badge if they conducted an independent security audit of their software and platform.

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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 ...

In 2024, human reviewers on the Google Play security team were able to stop more harmful apps from making it to the Play Store than ever before. In 92% of these cases, the human reviewers used ...

Google has decided it won’t pay for vulnerabilities discovered within Play Store apps and games. The search giant is essentially shuttering its bug bounty program. Google won’t pay for vulnerabilities ...

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 ...

Google has bolstered the security of Android devices with a significant update to Google Play Protect. According to the tech giant, this development is in response to the growing prevalence of ...

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 ...

Google has suspended the Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo on its Play Store after malware was discovered in some versions of the retail platform from other sources. Google said in a statement Tuesday ...

A new mobile crypto-stealing malware called SparkKitty was found in apps on Google Play and the Apple App Store, targeting Android and iOS devices. The malware is a possible evolution of SparkCat, ...