Re: [Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
Re: [Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
- From: Dan Beatty <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 12:48:35 -0700
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] Q1 2013 Mobile Threat Reports
Hi Gang,
I should be careful on this notion, but one of the aspects barely covered in the report are the “mashups”. These are mobile applications that run in the web browser. Even a single source web site technically has a second source in terms of the browser, itself (thus the mashup term is valid).
Safari is sand-boxed on iOS, thus the system itself is more or less safe. However, the Androids are producing quite a bit of trouble that could spill over to other device’s web browsers. Ouch, droid does.
V/R,
Daniel Beatty, Ph.D.
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On 5/15/13 12:14 PM, "William Cerniuk" <email@hidden> wrote:
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.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/android-threats-growing-in-number-and-complexity-report-says-218523
Sophos apparently threw in the towel and just reported on the malware state of affairs for Android:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/other/sophossecuritythreatreport2013.pdf
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.
http://www.netmarketshare.com/mobile-market-share?qprid=8&qpmr=100&qpdt=1&qpct=3&qpcustomd=1&qptimeframe=M
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