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NIJMEGEN – The number of malware apps for Android has skyrocketed in 2013. With a total number of 1.4 million, there were 40 percent more than a year earlier. Reported that security software manufacturer Trend Micro
The outlook for 2014 is even more worrisome. It is further expected to double, so that the number of malicious apps on nearly three million can come true.
blog Jonathan Leopando Trend Micro writes that it is not just about more threats, but also to increasing diversity of malware aimed at mobile devices. It comes to apps that enable attackers to steal personal data. Also, there has been an increase in apps that do not hurt much, but that others – many dangerous – files can be put on devices. In the worst case, a phone or tablet from the outside can be completely controlled and directed.
Trend Micro supports 27 percent of the 1.4 million malicious apps under the category of ‘very dangerous’.
According to Google apps are rarely dangerous as its own Play Store disseminated through official channels. About half a percent of the malware coming from there. The rest will be offered through other sites. Often these apps are “disguised” as legitimizing apps.
concern is that, according to Trend Micro also been Custom ROMs that contain malware in circulation. Custom Roms are operating for (older) smartphones that can be if Google does not provide any more updates. Use The most famous and popular Custom Roms CyanogenMod and OmniRom shall still be safe and offer the user often even more protection than the original Android versions. According to Trend Micro reacting the developers of these Custom Roms often faster to new threats than Android developer Google.
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