And now Google has painted an even bleaker picture as to the scale of the threat. “Based on our analysis of major fraud malware families that exploit sensitive permissions,” it has just warned in a new blogpost, “we found that over 95 percent of installations came from internet-sideloading sources.”

Small developers may be winners after a judge's ruling in the long legal battle between Epic Games and Google. The tech giant must allow consumers more choices on its app store.

Google lost its legal fight, here's 4 ways your Android phone's Play Store could change soon, if Google loses Epic appeal.