However, in their report, the RiskIQ analysts say that Apple has a comprehensive app review process that rarely allows it to host dangerous apps on its platform. Surprisingly, the Apple’s App Store was missed in the ranking.
When it comes to the highest concentration of the malicious apps, the 9Game app store again led the pack while the Feral app store, the Vmall app store, the Xiaomi app store, and the Qihoo 360s Zhushou store ranked on the preceding numbers. The second in the list was the Google Play Store with 25,647 new apps while Qihoo 360s Zhushou store, the Feral app store and Huawei’s Vmall app store followed on the third, fourth, and fifth rank respectively. According to report by RiskIQ's 2019 Mobile App Threat Landscape, the 9Game portal for downloading free Android games had over 61,669 malicious apps uploaded in the year 2019. The top three prolific app stores in 2019 were all is identified as the mobile app store with the most malicious apps in 2019. RiskIQ also reiterated the fact that China's app market accounts for 40% of app spending making it way ahead of Google and Apple. Apple also permits lesser permissions for apps as compared to Google. This isn't surprising as Apple has very strict a strict review process for apps that are available in its App Store. "Apple treats its App Store like Fort Knox and rarely hosts dangerous apps," RiskIQ said. One app store that only received laurels was Apple's. RiskIQ also highlights how Google's security controls are improving even though malicious apps are still finding a way to enter.ĪLSO READ: Google removed 1,700 'Joker' apps with malware from Play Store
This is however a big drop for blacklisted apps in Google Play Store as the number was 108,770 in 2018. Google ranked second with 25,647 malicious apps where 9Games again took the first spot. Google's Play Store also made it to one list for the most prolific stores of blacklisted apps in 2019. Xiaomi also made it to the list ranking fourth followed by Zhushou. 9Game tops the list followed by Feral apps and Huawei's VmallApps. RiskIQ's 2019 Mobile App Threat Landscape report lists the top five app stores where users are most likely to download a malicious app.
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