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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