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Android Devices targati under attack
Affected by 99.9% of new mobile viruses

Into Mobile phones and mobile devices are increasingly infected by malicious programs that target, however, especially devices with Android operating system. According to a new report from Kaspersky Lab, which describes the evolution of threats to the tablet or smartphone, almost all (99.9%) of new malware affecting devices with this platform.

Into Android, the software being adopted globally, as evidenced by a recent market survey conducted by the firm IDC (International Data Coprporation), necessarily becomes the target of the crime. However, the data obtained indicate a situation of progressive deterioration, also destined to deteriorate further.

ABI Research by the end of 2013 will be in use 1 billion and 400 million of which approximately 800 million smartphones equipped with Android platform, being also on the rise in the tablet segment, a market booming thanks to sales at the end of year estimated at 150 million units globally, representing a turnover of 64 billion dollars. Faced with these figures, the commitment to the proper enforcement of information security becomes a crucial factor for those who use mobile operating system from Google.

Into According to what reported by Kaspersky Lab, showing for the second consecutive year an explosive growth of malware attacks on Android, harmful codes are the most common trojan, a type of virus that is used in many different cases (for example, against Tibetan activists).

Into Trojans that steal your money by sending sms not allowed to premium rate numbers without the user are the most common constituting 63% of the total infections. In the top 20 programs tha t attack more frequently the Android device the first place goes to a family of trojans FakeInst with a percentage of about 30%. This malware affects mainly Russian users who get infected when they try to download from the internet software for Android devices from unsafe sites, cybercriminals use them for fraudulent purposes.

Into the second place was a trojan adware, due to family Plangton, which threatens mainly European Internet creeping, often through free applications to surreptitiously modify the browser page so as to display advertisements. Other popular ones are those belonging to the virus family that infect the user with Opfake Opera or other apps like Angry Birds and Skype.

Into Overall, researchers from Kaspersky report a boom in the development of the phenomenon of mobile malware. The number of threats detected only in the first three months of 2013, 22,750 to be exact, is already half of the malicious programs detected during the previous year.