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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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, ...

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 ...

Eight apps containing Sockbot - a form of adware aimed at Android devices - were removed from the Google Play Store, but up to 2.6 million users could still be infected.The infiltrated apps were ...

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 ...