according to a study by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.
Around 79 percent of all threats that were found in the study were focused on Android. Another 19 percent was focused on Symbian operating system, which includes Nokia used before it switched to Windows Phone.
Other mobile operating systems, according to the survey hardly threatened by malware. Apple’s iOS was 0.7 percent of all cases the target, while Windows Phone and Blackberry were each to endure 0.3 percent of the attacks.
According to the research, it is a problem that many Android users still use old versions, called Gingerbread,. Android updates to be distributed by the manufacturers of phones, but who do this often late or not at all.
Move the cursor over the line to see the percentages . The data comes from Android. View a larger version. – (C) NU.nl / Jerry Warn
More than half of all malware earns money by sending. expensive SMS Also rootkits that the keystrokes of the user record are common.
Security researchers have been warning for some time about the malware threat to Android devices. According to a recent survey 1 percent of all Android devices infected with malicious software.
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