The Hacker News - Cybersecurity News and Analysis: Google Play Store

Beware! Attackers can remotely hijack your Android device and steal data stored on it, if you are using free version of  CamScanner , a h...

Are you sure the WhatsApp app you are using on your Android device is legitimate, even if it's working perfectly as intended? ...Or...

Wohooo! Great news for privacy-focused users. Tor Browser, the most popular privacy-focused browser, for Android is finally out of beta...

Even after so many efforts by Google for preventing its Play Store from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware prot...

Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after finding out that they were pushing aggressive, full-screen adware to Android users. ...

Would you prefer purchasing an Android device that doesn't have any apps or services from Google? No Google Maps, No Gmail, No YouTub...

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 co...

Following Apple's lead in banning cryptocurrency mining apps , Google has also updated its Play Store policy this week to ban apps tha...

If you are wondering how to receive latest updates for an Android app—installed via a 3rd party source or peer-to-peer app sharing—directly ...

Even after so many efforts by Google like launching bug bounty program and preventing apps from using Android accessibility services , m...

Even after so many efforts by Google for making its Play Store away from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware pro...

Due to rise in malware and adware abusing Android accessibility services, Google has finally decided to take strict steps against the app...

Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that's popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google's off...

Better late than never. Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security research...

Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store's anti-malware protections and infect peo...

If you think you are downloading apps from Google Play Store and you are secure, then watch out! Someone has managed to flood third-par...

Security researchers at Google have discovered a new family of deceptive Android spyware that can steal a whole lot of information on us...

Over 800 different Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store found to be infected with malicious ad li...