Gotham Technology Group’s Post

“In the last financial year, Google said that it had blocked 2.28 million privacy-violating apps and banned 333,000 malicious developer accounts, alongside other Play Store improvements.” “While the program has undoubtedly contributed to improving app security, its termination raises questions about the future of vulnerability discovery and the overall security posture of the Android ecosystem.” It definitely raises questions about their security posture. This seems like a step in the opposite direction to me. While Google doesn’t develop most of the apps available in the Google Play Store, they do have an app review process. So there’s a level of trust that Android users are placing in Google that they aren’t downloading malicious mobile apps. It sounds like Google feels they are improving in Android OS security measures, but considering the number of malicious developer accounts found last year alone which, can probably be directly attributed to the Bug Bounty Program, I find it hard to believe that there will be less attempts from adversaries to exploit the mobile store platform in the coming years. What are your thoughts?

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