The total number of apps on the Google Play store has dropped by almost half in the last year, and that's actually good news for Android users. According to app analytics firm Appfigures (via ...

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Ongoing campaign sees 100's of malcious apps hit Google Play. Update, March 20, 2025: This story, originally published March 18, has been updated with a statement from Google regarding the Google Play ...

Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads. The data was ...

Google blocked 2.3 million Android app submissions to the Play Store in 2024 due to violations of its policies that made them potentially risky for users. In addition, 158,000 developer accounts were ...

Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone when it comes to privacy and security. But one battlefield where Android continues to trail iPhone by some distance is app safety ...