Jul 24. 2013 by Chris Koenis
Jul 24. 2013 by Chris Koenis
News – malware variants specifically target Android continue to grow explosively. The last quarter was a six-fold place.
Malware and cyber security threats continue to be a growing problem for home networks and mobile devices. In particular, Android smartphones and tablets are in increasingly target. That enable researchers from security firm Child Sight Security Labs, part of Alcatel-Lucent. They took the last three months, a six-fold increase in the number of malware samples on Android where.
samples according Child Sight a good indication that Android malware continues to grow explosively. In a part of Google’s security can Bouncer Google Play all do nothing to prevent contamination can be read in the research.
Android Windows past heading
security also detected in the same period malware infections on 0.52 percent of all devices connected to mobile networks. Since Android is about 55 percent from, while the other 45 percent consists of Windows laptops, getethered via a telephone or a mobile connected by USB or MiFi hub.
early 2013, these roles are reversed, and Windows had the lead. The two popular malware platforms are into any relationship with other providers. iPhones and BlackBerrys are less than 1 percent of infections.
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New variants
The explosive growth of Android malware has previously warned by antivirus companies. The malware is also becoming more sophisticated. In February there appeared some new Android malware in the app store Google Play compatible with Windows, so when connecting the device this system neatly infected.
on the PCThis malware appeared most often in the Child Sight research:
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