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F-Secure: Android Accounted For 97% of All Mobile Malware In 2013

Posted by Soulskill on from the going-for-the-high-score dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Back in 2012, Android accounted for 79 percent of all mobile malware. Last year, that number ballooned even further to 97 percent. Both those data points come from security firm F-Secure, which today released its 40-page Threat Report for the second half of 2013. More specifically, Android malware rose from 238 threats in 2012 to 804 new families and variants in 2013. Apart from Symbian, F-Secure found no new threats for other mobile platforms last year."

2 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Re:android was never meant to be highly secure by skids · · Score: 4, Funny

    True, leaving the device powered off permanently in its shrinkwrap on a store shelf does make it rather secure.

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    Someone had to do it.
  2. Re:We're number one! by roc97007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously, the malware is so well written that nobody has found it yet.

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