Google banned crypto-mining applications in its mobile app store. It joins Apple that had taken this same decision a month and a half ago. The technological giant veered its position in a recent update of the policy for developers of Google Play, reported on Thursday 26 the specialized media Android Police. Both companies have been for some months reinforcing the decisions tending to stop those apps related to cryptocurrency mining. This is happening at a time when the versions of apps that carry out this activity in a covert manner are at a time of increasing popularity. In April of this year, Google removed from its Chrome web store browser extensions related to this industry because "the vast majority" did not follow their policies or were considered "malicious." On the other hand, Apple's first major move against this type of applications occurred in March when it removed the Calendar 2 app from its online store. This application mined cryptocurrencies on users' phones in exchange for premium benefits. A report published by Skybox, a company dedicated to the management and prevention of cybersecurity, suggested last month that the illegal mining of cryptocurrencies became more popular than ransonware - a harmful virus that restricts access to certain parts or files of the infected system, and asks for a ransom in exchange for removing this restriction In an update made in June, the computer security firm indicated that cryptocurrency miners today represent 32 percent of cyber attacks.
