A statistic to take into account: from March 2012 to March 2013, according to the company “Juniper Networks“, Cases of attacks on smartphones increased by 614%.
If it does not scare you, be aware that currently 275.000 malicious applications have been detected on various platforms. The champion of the attacks, of course, is Google's operating system, Android.
Now let's go to another statistic: 92% of these attacks / viruses were detected in the operating system I quoted above, yes, the Android.
Is Android so insecure?
To begin with let's understand that Android represents 75% of the smartphone market. Just be on top for the attacks to start. There's no escape from it. On the other hand, there is a large fragmentation of Android versions. 4% use version 4.2, 29% use version 4.1, 36% use version 2.3 ... in short, security updates made from time to time by Google, have not been implemented by all users, thanks to this fragmentation.
What about iOS, is it super secure?
Apple has been attentive to this and limits malwares in his official store. The problem is exactly in the unofficial stores, which users access after being released from the cage (jailbreak?). According to the company that did the research, 3 in each 5 stores unofficial, have malicious content.
Let's go for another statistic?
This is important, 73% of malicious applications they are the "Fakeinstallers“, Who send messages to selected numbers, without the consent of the mobile phone owner.
It's scary stats, is not it? And now, do you use any antivirus on your mobile phone?
[Via]: FierceMobile
