Each year, Google takes stock of its fight against the eternal threat of malware on Android. Google’s measures last year shut down 1.2 million apps that violated its policies, by 2022 Google stopped 1.4 million malicious apps from reaching its store.
The balance of the war on malware leaves the balance of 173,000 banned accountsmore than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions have been prevented and 500,000 applications have lost access to sensitive permissions in the past three years.
This is how the war on malware ended in 2022
Malware and apps that violate Google Play policies are still on the rise. In 2020, Google prevented the release of 960,000 malicious applications, in 2021 there were 1.2 million, and in 2022 the number increased further to reach 1.4 million apps that never made it to Google Play.
During the year, Google introduced new verification methods for publishing apps to Google Play (via phone, email and others) which Google said resulted in fewer developer accounts being banned. malicious. They were 190,000 in 2021 and in 2022 173,000 malicious accounts were banned. According to Google’s estimates, these measures were able to prevent some $2 billion in fraudulent transactions.
Other measures both in the store and in the Android operating system itself meant that 500,000 apps lost access to sensitive permissions when they are not strictly necessary.
For DevelopersGoogle notes that last year it launched a pilot program to provide more accessible phone support for developers, as well as initiatives such as the Google Play SDK Index, which provides information about the security and reliability of a SDKs.
Other measures that have helped maintain the health of the Android ecosystem During the year, Google highlighted the new, stricter API-level policy, changes and clarifications in policies for allowed apps in Google Play, and privacy and security improvements in the latest releases. from Android.
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