According to its own survey, Google says that more than 50 times more malware came through internet-sideloaded sources ...

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...

Android developer verification is largely targeting commercial developers, with Google saying that it’s “committed to keeping ...

The Internet can be a scary place if you're not careful about where you download apps from. Fortunately, your Android device ...

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...

The Play Store will now allow users to “auto-open” new apps as they’re downloaded to their Android devices, as ...

Google has long been working on a feature for the Play Store that automatically opens apps after they are downloaded. This ...

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called 'Developer Verification' to block malware installations from ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps containing different types of malware were found on Google Play after being downloaded ...

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...