Google shared a recap of 2025 in the world of Android and Google Play security. Huge numbers are thrown around. 27 million.

A second app from the same developer, IDMerit — focused on identity verification — compounded the risk by exposing KYC-related data from users in at least 25 countries, ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

The Google Play store picked up a new addition this week in the form of a storage space status button that shows you how much storage you've used and have free. You ...

Do not keep these apps. Republished on August 30 with new deletion update for Play Store apps. Google has now confirmed the deletion of 77 malicious apps from Play Store. But this is just the tip of ...

Here we go again. A list of malicious apps has just been published and smartphone users are being urged to root out and delete any still on their devices. The latest report outs more than 350 apps ...

Google has settled a $700 million Play Store lawsuit. Users who made purchases will receive automatic payments. Google also has to make it easier to access and pay for apps. If you made a purchase on ...

Google said it prevented 1.75 million bad apps from going live on Google Play during 2025, a figure that's down from previous ...