Google"s Play Protect Detected 60.3% Of Potentially Harmful Apps Via Machine Learning In 2017
Google’s Android Security 2017 Year in Review report is out. The report which is the fourth in the series meant to educate the public on Android security success and failure stories showed that 60.3 percent of Potentially Harmful Apps (PHAs) were detected via machine learning. This is done by the Google Play Protect which they say scans through Android apps on billions of devices running Android 4.3 upwards uses machine learning to detect these potential threats. This is partly responsible for the removal of over 700,000 apps from the Play Store. “ Play Protect’s core objective is to shield users from Potentially Harmful Apps, or PHAs. Every day, it automatically reviews more than 50 billion apps, other potential sources of PHAs, and devices themselves and takes action when it finds any” according to the report. Before now, Play Protect required that devices be online in order to enjoy automatic detection of harmful applications but Google discovered that i...