The number of malware samples for Android rose in 2015 to 2.3 million . That’s almost 50 percent more than in 2014
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According to figures from G DATA security guard, which also expects the number of Android malware samples again will rise sharply this year. One of the main reasons for the expected increase is the fact that mobile phones are increasingly being used for online banking and other forms of payment. Criminals will therefore develop more and smarter malware to access via mobile devices to bank accounts.
Android is so popular with hackers because it is the most widely used mobile operating system: two-thirds of the mobile phones using Android. Moreover, now used for 53 percent of the European owners of smartphones and tablets these devices to join their banking. In addition to updating Android versions do not or rarely happens in the majority of devices.
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