Play Store-based malicious content reached 600 million downloads

Play Store based malicious content reached 600 million downloads


Google is taking important steps to improve Play Store security. However, despite this, malicious content in the market has seen 600 million downloads.

Kaspersky According to the results of the research conducted by, the center of the Android ecosystem Google Play Store More than 600 million games/applications with malicious content were downloaded from the application market in 2023. This number, calculated for a platform with more than 3 million applications, seems truly incredible (it may be even higher than real Kaspersky data), but Google still cannot make the market 100 percent secure. Many applications that enter the Play Store are installed on a secure basis, but are later made harmful by sent updates. Google is developing some systems to solve this and is one of the last to speak out on this issue. Google Play Protect is happening. Android There are many different pests on the side. Some of these are from phones steals datasome focused on blackmail Some of them secretly sign up users to certain subscriptions. Some malware focuses on stealing people’s bank information, money and personal information. Internet giant Google, which brought another layer of security against these applications, last month Google Play Protect a system “app scanning” announced that the feature will be introduced.

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This system, which will be activated for everyone soon, will allow mobile applications to be installed from the Google Play Store or from different locations, Before it is even installed on the phone, it can be attacked by malware (Malware etc.) will allow it to be scanned against. In this way, malware in an application can be detected before it fully settles into the system. This infrastructure, which is reported to scan at the code level, seems really important because On the Android side, people are often hit by seemingly innocent applications. This infrastructure will make it easier to detect applications that appear innocent but are filled with malicious codes.

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