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September 18, 2025

The SlopAds Operation: A New Level of Ad Fraud

A sprawling advertising-fraud operation known as SlopAds hid behind a storefront of hundreds of seemingly innocuous Android apps and ballooned into a global enterprise. Researchers at Satori (HUMAN) recently described how 224 programs amassed...

Android / Google / Malware

May 1, 2024

Google Ramps Up Play Store Security: Blocks Over 500,000 Apps and Accounts

Recently, Google announced significant efforts to enhance the security of its Play Store for Android. Last year, the company rejected or demanded corrections for approximately 200,000 applications that attempted to access users’ sensitive data,...

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The SlopAds Operation: A New Level of Ad Fraud

Google Ramps Up Play Store Security: Blocks Over 500,000 Apps and Accounts