The Google Play Store is not the impregnable fortress that Google wants people to believe it is. Sometimes, malware slips through. Most of the security reports you'll read about malware making it on ...

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Google has struggled for years to keep malicious applications from sneaking into the Play Store, but a new round of takedowns is highlighting the challenge of getting the problem under control. At the ...

Malwarebytes threat research reveals spike in adware and malicious malware families Triada and MobiDash heading into the holiday season SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Malwarebytes, ...

Google Play has removed up to 50 apps that once downloaded plagued systems with full-screen ads. More than 50 malicious apps have been discovered on the Google Play app marketplace, peddling adware to ...

For the past year and a half, an Android adware family known as CopyCat has infected over 14 million devices, rooted around 8 million, and made over $1.5 million for its owners. The adware was capable ...

Researchers say that 14.8 percent of Android users who were targeted with mobile malware or adware last year were left with undeletable files. A healthy percentage of Android users targeted by mobile ...