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Google cites progress in Android security, but patching issues linger

Less than 0.71 percent of Android devices had installed a “potentially harmful application,” Google says. That figure was even lower for Android phones that downloaded apps exclusively from the Google Play store. The internet giant revealed the figures in a new report detailing its efforts to making the Android OS secure. But Google still hasnt fixed one nagging complaint about Android: the lack of periodic security updates. Google is also cracking down on many malicious apps, and reacting quickly to stop them.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3184042/google-cites-progress-in-android-security-but-patching-issues-linger.html

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