Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Google Play.
Google outlines the changes it is making to comply with the Digital Markets Act. Due to the changes, businesses generate less web traffic on their pages, while developers can offer alternative payment systems to app users. Google, as "gatekeeper," must comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).... Read more
1 month ago
Game maker Epic Games recently won a legal dispute with Google that has been dragging on since 2020. In a recent ruling, the jury confirmed that the tech giant has an illegal monopoly on payment methods through its app store, Google Play, thwarting other payment systems. Epic Games, known for Fo... Read more
4 months ago
Android developers are getting new functionality in the Google Play store to better showcase and price their apps. The new features also provide opportunities for app quality and security improvements. Google is giving Android developers many new functionalities. Android developers can now even ... Read more
5 months ago
ESET reports that an Android app was secretly spying on its users. iRecorder - Screen Recorder introduced malicious code through an app update almost a year after its initial listing on Google Play. ESET's research exposed that this code enabled the app to covertly upload one minute of ambient audi... Read more
11 months ago
The tech giant says it cancelled thousands of developer accounts and blocked over a million apps from reaching Google Play. Google has issued an internal report on how successful the tech giant was in enforcing its new security policies on its Google Play app store. Anu Yamunan and Khawaja Sh... Read more
12 months ago
Malicious Android apps have been signed using legitimate certificates from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of Android devices. The certificates provide malicious apps with system-level privileges. Android OEMs use platform certificates to sign the core ROM images of devices containing t... Read more
1 year ago
Google released passkey support for developers on Android and Chrome as a part of its effort to increase the adoption of passwordless authentication. Passkeys are a widely accepted alternative to traditional authentication passwords. Google, Apple, and Microsoft all announced intentions to... Read more
2 years ago
Google will prevent Android VPN apps listed on the Play Store from tampering with or restricting advertising beginning in November. The shift may cause issues for privacy applications. The revised Google Play policy, which was revealed last month, will go into force on November 1. It specifies t... Read more
2 years ago
Google and Apple recently announced plans to remove old applications from their respective app marketplaces. Both businesses agreed to delete any apps that had not been updated in two years last month. In early April, Google revealed a two-year cutoff plan that would take effect in November, whi... Read more
2 years ago
According to a security firm, a malicious program downloaded more than 10,000 times from Google Play installed a remote access malware that collected users' passwords, text messages, and other private data. The trojan, which goes by the aliases TeaBot and Anatsa, was discovered in May of last ye... Read more
2 years ago
