Google Bans Thousands of Play Store Developer Accounts to Block Malware

Last year, Google banned 173,000 developer accounts and prevented 1.5 million apps from reaching the Play Store as it fought policy violations and malware. [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( May 01, 2023 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [Google Bans Thousands of Play Store Developer Accounts to Block Malware]( Last year Google banned 173,000 developer accounts and prevented 1.5 million apps from reaching the Play Store as it fought policy violations and malware. ['BellaCiao' Showcases How Iran's Threat Groups Are Modernizing Their Malware]( The dropper is being used in a Charming Kitten APT campaign that has hit organizations in multiple countries. [Firmware Looms as the Next Frontier for Cybersecurity]( Software bugs are ubiquitous, and we're familiar with hardware threats. But what about the gap in the middle? Two researchers at Black Hat Asia will attempt to focus our attention there. 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