Google has moved for an emergency stay on the Epic judgment, as the Court gave just three weeks to make sweeping changes to the Play Store.

Security researchers have warned that malicious apps with millions of installs have been detected in the Google Play Store. Here’s what you need to know.

The new order forces Google to let third-party app stores from inside Google Play, stop requiring Google Play Billing if apps are distributed via Google Play, and more.

The “dangerous” permissions highlighted by that report include location tracking, access to cameras, contacts and the phone itself. Google’s enhanced protection doesn’t clamp down as widely as that, but focuses on financial exploits that require user credentials and one-time passcodes.

Threat intelligence researchers at Zscaler, a popular cloud security company, have identified more than 200 malicious applications distributed via the

Google has asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of a recent Epic ruling. Judge James Donato recently ruled that Google must allow

The company says the imminent deadline to implement changes gives it little time to try to mitigate ‘serious risks.’