According to global statistics in 2012, the number of unique malware detected only for the Android OS has grown by 17 times (!) Compared with 2011. Everyone knows that the Android because of its openness and high incidence of the most fertile ground for attacks and malicious users more interested in other mobile platforms. We have documented that the most active regions on the prevalence of such threats are Russia, China and Iran.
Threats by Android, is generally carried out the theft of various information from the device or sending paid SMS (signed by paid services). A new way to use steel attackers - transmission control device in their hands by placing it in a botnet, that is, get full access to the device (zombie device). This kind of threat ranking leaders who sign the user on the paid services (TrojanSMS.Agent and TrojanSMS.Boxer). In second place threat, whose purpose is to transfer the unit under full control intruders that can be installed on a new malware, data theft exercise, change device settings, use the contact list to send spam organization (DroidKungFu).
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| The dynamics of the prevalence of families threats (and their modifications) for Android |
- Follow Android and applications for your device, it will significantly reduce the risk of your device;
- Try to avoid installing applications on the device, from third parties, or downloaded from an untrusted source, instead use Google Play - Official app store for Google Android;
- Stay away from pirated software. Popular commercial applications are often cracked and they embedded malicious code, then distribute it to the application in the file-sharing networks;
- Please note that use public Wi-Fi network is not a good idea. Android has a search function of public networks and automatically connect to them. Better to use Wi-Fi networks that are protected with a strong password and encryption support.
Use antivirus VIPRE Mobile Security for your device.
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