[Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
[Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
- From: William Cerniuk <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 15:14:25 -0400
Looking over the Q1 2013 F-Secure Mobile Threat Report. Things look great for iPhone, BlackBerry but not so good for Android. - 149 Threats in the wild
- 139 Android - 91.3%
- 13 Symbian - 8.7%
- 0 iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod) - 0%
- 0 BlackBerry - 0%
- 0 Windows Mobile - 0%
From the report: “The Android malware ecosystem is beginning to resemble that which surrounds Windows...”
What is really concerning is that the threats for mobile are not the typical hack the system threats, but according to F-Secure the majority are profit motivated (76.5%). Many of these malware packages coax the user to install a piece of software that contains a trojan. Given that you can download from anywhere on Android, it makes sense that this impacts Android vs iOS which requires all software to be vetted by Apple and come through the safety of the iTunes App store. The openness of Android is unfortunately a double edged sword.
Sophos apparently threw in the towel and just reported on the malware state of affairs for Android:
But isn't it just the argument that Android is attacked more because there are more Android? Maybe not… and no matter what, the ratio does not hold true even if that old tired argument about popularity breeds malware were true.
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