Opera for Android has received Google Play’s Independent Security Review badge. Here’s what this means for your security

Security Opera for Android has received Google Play’s Independent Security Review badge. Here’s what this means for your security Share January 30th, 2025 Hey Opera users! You might have seen that Opera for Android has achieved a new security-focused milestone: If you search for Opera for Android...

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023

Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such as location or SMS messages over the past year. The tech giant also said it blocked 333,000 bad accounts from the app...

Trend Micro Joins Google’s App Defense Alliance

Trend Micro will be joining Google's App Defense Alliance ADA to help improve their ability to identify malicious apps before they are published to the Google Play store...

Trend Joining App Defense Alliance Announced by Google

Trend Micro’s participation in Google’s App Defense Alliance will ensure the security of customers by preventing malicious apps from being made available on the Google Play Store...

Google Removes 21 Malicious Android Apps from Play Store

Google has stepped in to remove several Android applications from the official Play Store following the disclosure that the apps in question were found to serve intrusive ads. The findings were reported by the Czech cybersecurity firm Avast on Monday, which said the 21 malicious apps list here we...

Google Bans 600 Android Apps from Play Store for Serving Disruptive Ads

Google has banned nearly 600 Android apps from the Play Store for bombarding users with disruptive ads and violating its advertising guidelines. The company categorizes disruptive ads as "ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, including impairing or interfering with the usability of...