Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce ...

As Google says itself, “online scams and malware campaigns are becoming more aggressive. At the global scale of Android, this translates to real harm for people around the world.” Thus the change. But ...

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Google says Android is getting a "high-friction" sideloading flow, but insists it's an accountability layer about risk ...

Researchers found a LinkedIn phishing campaign delivering a remote access trojan via DLL sideloading, WinRAR SFX files, and ...

If you speak to most Android users, chances are they’ll tell you that one of the reasons Android is “better” than iOS is because of sideloading. Sideloading allows users to install apps that might not ...

Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, ...

Google is trying to keep Android users safer by making the sideloading app flow more difficult and convoluted, according to ...

Active malware exploits DLL side-loading in a signed GitKraken binary to deliver trojans, stealers, and remote access malware.

Samsung is enforcing a new “Auto Blocker” on new Galaxy smartphones, which, among other protections, blocks users from sideloading Android apps on their device. “Auto Blocker” has been a part of ...

We knew iPhone sideloading was inevitable in Europe long before Apple actually announced the feature. By sideloading, I don't just mean the ability of an iPhone user to download any application ...

Google has announced that starting next year, all Android apps—including sideloaded ones—will require developer verification. The move could make sideloading trickier but is aimed at reducing fake ...