Epic Games also asked Google not to publicly reveal this problem with the first Fortnite installer for 90 days, which is standard for the disclosure of normal bug reports. However, the flaw in the ...

The Fortnite Installer will proceed to install the substituted (fake) APK.” APK is the default Android package format, and Epic Games is using it to deliver Fortnite.

What you should do to protect yourself is to make sure you have Fortnite installer v2.1.0 installed on your Android, and keep avoiding installing non-Google Play store apps.

Epic Games has listened to the pleas and requests of Fortnite players for several years: here's everything we know about the ...

Once the process is complete, open the downloaded file. It's important to leave the Fortnite Installer on your phone, as that's how the game itself will receive updates in the future.

But don't fret, Android users, you can still install and play Fortnite on your phone or tablet; it just takes a little more work. Before we begin, a word of caution: Sideloading apps on your phone ...

The Fortnite Installer will install; follow the on-screen prompts to finish installing Fortnite. When you’re done, be sure to revoke Chrome’s ability to download apps from unknown sources to ...

The Fortnite installer basically downloads an APK (the package for Android apps), stores it locally, then launches it.

Fortnite is still one of the most popular games in the world, and this week it’s getting a slight change on Android. Announced on Twitter, the Epic Games app is replacing the Fortnite Installer ...

Epic Games has patched a Google-discovered vulnerability in Fortnite's original Android installer that would have let intruders download and install malware.

Fortnite’s first installer was made to fetch files from the external storage, and in that domain, it would have been all too easy for any app with the same permission to put a decoy APK file ...