A New Instance of Android Malware is Discovered Every 10 Seconds, Say Researchers (9to5google.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Security firm G Data says that a new piece of Android malware is discovered every 10 seconds. At this rate, the company is predicting that there will be 3,500,000 new malicious Android files by the end of the year. "The threat level for users with smartphones and tablets with an Android operating system remains high. In all, the G DATA security experts expect around 3.5 million new Android malware apps for 2017," they said. The firm said that the risk was heightened by the fact that only a small minority of users are on the latest version of Android.

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Re:Are we at the point yet

[pr0fessor]

No.

Google tries to keep malware out of the play store but malware does make it's way into the play store.

Things like this are constantly popping up... Thinking that only using the google play store is enough is wrong.

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