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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:Is this like that old study of Linux malware? by smash · · Score: 3, Informative

    No. Android security is currently just that bad. For several reasons, not least of which is likely due to the massive number of handsets that are abandoned software-update wise upon release.

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    I run: Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD. Just because you have a hammer, doesn't mean everything is a nail.
  2. Clickbait post, shame on /. by Camael · · Score: 4, Informative

    To the "anonymous reader" who posted the main article : If you link to TFA, at least post the less misleading title it used:

    "F-Secure: Android accounted for 97% of all mobile malware in 2013, but only 0.1% of those were on Google Play"

    Makes a world of difference. And yes, shame on you.