[CyberHawkMarshall]

The tech giant acknowledged some achievements in efforts to bolster mobile app security but recognized more needs to be done.

https://threatpost.com/google-efforts-against-bad-android-apps-work/152851/

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[stersigni]

“Nasty Android malware reinjects its targets, and no one knows how”

Malwarebytes provided a more in depth analysis after the company’s Android antivirus app detected “xHelper” on 33,000 devices mostly located in the US. The encryption made analysis hard, but Malwarebytes researchers came to the conclusion that the main purpose of the malware was to act as a backdoor that could remotely receive commands and install other apps.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/02/researcher-says-nasty-android-infection-survived-a-factory-reset/

[dgetman0853]

Google has teamed up with other phone security companies to weed out and remover harmful apps. In current years they have had some harmful apps slip through their security and have been thought of a s being lazy when it comes to that responsibility. In the beginning of this year their has only been 0.04% of harmful apps they have that are harmful. One problem they still have even after they remove it from the Play Store is that it can still be on people’s phone if they have not removed the app. It is a ongoing process that the company sees as very important.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/06/google-play-android-apps-security/

[kbirmingham06]

There are many predatory loan apps that are making there way into Google’s play store. Even though Google have banned certain apps they are still making their way into play stores in developing countries such as Nigeria, India, and Kenya.
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-bans-loan-apps-1040660/

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