Android malware isn’t as big of a concern as some mainstream media reports would have you believe, but it is enough of an issue that Google started beefing up its security a few years ago. There’s the “Bouncer” server-side scanning that checks apps before they go live, and your device runs app verification as new packages are installed. Now Google is about to patch a hole in the local app scanning by making it run continuously.

• Google’s Malware Scanner Introduced In Android 4.2 Moved To The Google Play Services App, Now Works On Gingerbread And Higher
• Duo Security Sends A Trojan Horse Inside Google’s Bouncer, Explores And Fingerprints Its Guts
• Google Brings In The Muscle: Meet Bouncer, The Market’s Anti-Malware Machine – And It’s Already At Work
• Lookout Gets Real (Time) With Anti-Malware Protection, Offers File System And Install Monitoring

Upcoming Google Play Services Update Will Allow Verify Apps Feature To Run Continuously In The Background was written by the awesome team at Android Police.