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Google blocks Pinduoduo apps from Play Store over malware fears

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Google has suspended Chinese ecommerce giant Pinduoduo from its Play Store amid security concerns. The Android maker is urging customers to uninstall the app from their devices. The app appears to use n-day and zero-day exploits to target Android parcel serialization/deserialization, in turn gaining system privileges.

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Google blocks Pinduoduo apps from Play Store over malware fears

Google has suspended Chinese ecommerce giant Pinduoduo from its Play Store amid security concerns.The Android maker is urging customers to uninstall the app from their devices, including any installs made from third-party app stores and other downloads.Bloomberg states that it’s unclear whether other local app stores including those by Huawei, Xiaomi, and Tencent, have made any action against Pinduoduo and parent company PDD Holdings, given that…

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Pinduoduo: Google pulls China shopping platform from app store after malware discovery

Google has suspended the Chinese shopping platform Pinduoduo on its app store after malware was discovered in versions of the app from other sources. Google said it suspended the Pinduoduo app on the Google Play store out of “security concerns” and that it was investigating. The suspension of the app – mainly used in China – comes amid heightened tensions over Chinese-owned apps such as TikTok, which some US legislators say could be a national s…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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