How Google Improved Android Security In 2017

[Lucian Armasu]

Google revealed details about how it improved security for the Android ecosystem in 2017.

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"More than 60% of all “potentially harmful applications” (PHAs) were caught with machine learning algorithms"

That still means 40% went through, if you believe Google even knows the full amount of malware delivered through the Play store. That "60%" might only be 20% or 40%.

With as much money as Google has, they could invest a lot more in checking the apps available through the Play store. There have been too many instances of apps that also came with malware payloads, and they should devote a lot more resources to investigating & stopping them.