An updated API available to Android app developers can force users to download the app from Google Play, blocking the app from working if it is sideloaded. First announced at Google I/O 2024, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated September 13 with details of new Android trojan warning. Make ...

The Google Play Integrity API lets apps check whether your account is “unlicensed,” meaning you didn’t install or buy the app from Google Play. More importantly, the app can then show a remediation ...

Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly down from 2.36 million in 2024. The lower numbers this year, it said, are ...

Google updated its security blog with a report on the safety measures it implemented on Google Play in 2025. According to the report, in 2025 alone, it blocked over 1.75 million apps that violated its ...

In an effort to cut down on scams and fraud, Google is expanding a Play Protect feature which would block sideloading for some Android apps in India. Google has just announced plans for a pilot ...

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 ...