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the Google Play Store

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35 articles accelerating

the Google Play Store has appeared in 35 articles since 2015-05. Coverage peaked in 2020Q3 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Android, Google, Apple, Fortnite.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-02-06
BleepingComputer 17 related

Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store that use OCR to steal crypto wallet recovery phrases from images on users' devices

Android and iOS apps on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store contain a malicious software development kit (SDK) …

2024-09-24
SecurityWeek 15 related

Kaspersky finds a new Necro malware version in Google Play apps with 11M+ total downloads; in 2019, researchers found Necro in Play apps with 100M+ downloads

here's what we know Mark Campbell / OC3D : “Necro” infects 11 million Android devices and hits the Google Play Store Dwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes : This malware has infected 11M Android devices via Play ...

2023-02-23
Mozilla Foundation 7 related

Analysis of the 40 most popular Android apps on the Google Play Store finds nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Data Safety labels

The apps' privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers …

2022-05-03
VICE

Internal documents: the CDC bought location data from millions of phones in the US to analyze compliance with COVID-19 rules, especially in the Navajo Nation

Newly released documents showed the CDC planned to use phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for many non-COVID-19 purposes too. Tweets: @timmarchman , @lemon...

2022-03-22
BleepingComputer 11 related

A malicious cartoon rendering Android app that steals Facebook credentials was installed 100K+ times before it was removed from the Google Play Store

A malicious Android app that steals Facebook credentials has been installed over 100,000 times via the Google Play Store, with the app still available to download.

2020-03-25
Check Point Research 8 related

Ad fraud malware found in 24 children's Android games and 32 utility apps, downloaded nearly 1M times, before being removed from the Google Play Store

Check Point Research :

2019-07-10
ZDNet 5 related

Researchers identify “Agent Smith” Android malware, found on 25M handsets, which replaces apps with clones that show ads for a criminal group's profits

New “Agent Smith” malware operation is preparing to invade the Google Play Store.  —  A new Android malware strain …

2019-03-15
ZDNet 10 related

In a test of 250 Android antivirus apps in the Google Play Store, only 80 could detect more than 30% of malware, and only 23 had 100% detection rate

Only 23 Android antivirus apps had a 100 percent detection rate with no false positives.  —  An organization specialized …

2018-08-04
Tom's Guide 2 related

To install Fortnite on Android directly from fortnite.com, users will have to allow app installation from Unknown Sources, making devices vulnerable to malware

not his https://www.cnet.com/... pic.twitter.com/IeZS14ieK4 Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Wow, Fortnite for Android will totally ditch the Google Play Store. Epic Games is giving Google the middle finger...

2017-08-14
ZDNet 18 related

Over 1,000 Android apps found distributing SonicSpy spyware, including three in the Google Play Store, which silently record audio, take photos, and make calls

Three fake messaging apps in the Google Play Store discovered to be distributing stealthy data-stealing SonicSpy malware …

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TEXXR tracks 24 Techmeme articles mentioning the Google Play Store, dating back to May 2015. The biggest stories include Q&A with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney about why the Android version of Fortnite will be... and Facebook has removed its Onavo VPN app from the Google Play Store, will stop pulling in.... Frequently covered alongside Android, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Epic Games.

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