Google Play Protect offers the ability to locally scan APKs installed from outside the Google Play Store. This local scanning feature could soon be upgraded to use the YARA model for a rules-based ...

Google could boost Play Protect’s local app scanning capabilities soon. Now, the system would be more powerful and efficient thanks to the implementation of the YARA tool. The change would be a new ...

Google is testing a new feature that could let Play Store users pause Play Protect instead of disabling it. Many users disable Play Protect while sideloading apps but forget to enable it again, which ...

Google will soon be adding an important feature to the Play Protect app. The Android ecosystem’s safeguard against malicious applications could soon let users rescan an app for any threat without ...