In a press release issued in late September, Bay Area-based mobile security company Appdome announced so-called “new mobile anti-malware protections” which detect various kinds of Android ...

Google has emailed Android app developers and has informed them of plans to remove all apps that misuse the Accessibility service from the Play Store. The Android Accessibility service is an Android ...

Researchers warn two features, not flaws, in Android can be used together to open devices up to attack. University researchers are warning that two features, not flaws, core to Google’s Android mobile ...

The Android accessibility services team took the stage at Google’s I/O developer conference Wednesday to discuss a number of changes coming in Android O that aim to make the platform much more ...

Google has told Android developers that they won't be able to publish their applications on the Google Play store if the app uses accessibility services for anything other than its intended purpose.

Two weeks ago, Ars reported on newly discovered Android adware that is virtually impossible to uninstall. Now, researchers have uncovered malicious apps that can get installed even when a user has ...

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To better help users with disabilities, Android has a set of Accessibility Services that developers can use to improve their applications. For some time, though, these services and APIs have been used ...

Google is cracking down on apps that use Android’s accessibility API. Even though the APIs have been around for years without any kind of rules about usage, Google has now started telling developers ...

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