Android Platform Unmatched The Number Of Malicious



While Android and iOS are still competing to win the No. 1 position in the mobile market, there is a sad fact that Android is the mobile platform has become "unmatched" about the number code toxic.

Security firm F-Secure has released security report on the mobile platform in 2012 with a sad reality for Google's mobile platform: more and more malware appears on Android.

According to F-Secure, Android malware has increased exponentially in the three years 2010, 2011 and 2012. Notably, in the last two years, Android mobile platform is the most number of malicious codes in all mobile platforms.

Alone in 2012, Android accounted for 79% of the 301 different types of malicious code appears on the mobile platform, while Apple's iOS only "modest" 0.7 percent.

Android platform "unmatched" ... the number of malicious
Graph the number of malware on mobile platforms in the three years 2010, 2011 and 2012, shows the rapid growth in the number of malicious code on Android


"Malware on Android platform is growing in number and degree of harm", F-Secure said. "Each quarter, the author of the malicious code to update the variation of the malware had spread before. IV/2012 quarter alone, 96 new variants of malware on Android has been discovered, nearly double the number of malicious code in the previous quarter. "

As for the iOS platform, to monitor carefully the application published in the App Store of Apple made the malicious code does not have many opportunities to spread on this mobile platform. The number of malware infection and spread on iOS in 2 years 2010 and 2011 low that should be kept in mind and mention.

There are many reasons to become a favorite target Android hacker to distribute malware.

First may be mentioned the number of devices using Android more and more diverse, the various segments. Similar to the Windows operating system often become "victims" of hackers to spread viruses than Apple's MacOS platforms because of the diversity and popularity of Windows.

Besides, Android is an open platform, used and modified by many device manufacturers, and many applications can be installed on Android from the outside instead of having to install directly through the app store Google Play. This can help hackers to trick users to install malicious code on their devices without knowing it, contributing to the spread of malicious code is easier.

In contrast, iOS is a platform completely closed and only open a limited way with the development application (provided what developers can or can not do), the application will need to be Register on the App Store and through Apple's strict control prior to the users. In other words, it would be difficult for malicious code to bypass Apple to penetrate and spread on the iOS platform.

After F-Secure launched its report, Apple did not miss the opportunity to "rock" Google Android Phil Schiller, Apple's director of global marketing has posted a message on his Twitter account: " Be safe out there ", with a link to the results reported by F-Secure, as a" sarcasm "for Android and users of the mobile platform.

Of course, Apple is absolutely no reason to mock Android on the security level of the platform.

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