As Android's market share continues to increase, so do attacks or malware targeted at Android users. Mobile malware is a broad term that refers to a piece of software that performs unintended actions and includes Trojans, spyware, adware, ransomware, and others. According to pandasecurity, Android devices are 50 times more infected with malware compared to iOS devices (https://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/mobile-security/android-more-infected-than-ios/). In 2019, the famous Agent Smith malware alone infected almost 25 million Android devices, as per a Cybersecurity Hub news report (https://www.cshub.com/malware/articles/incident-of-the-week-malware-infects-25m-android-phones).
One of the primary reasons for this situation is that, unlike Apple's App Store, which is tightly controlled by the company, Google's Play Store is an open ecosystem...