It’s a big news day for Google, but it’s not all good news for the search and mobile operating system company.
[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]In a new global mobile threat report released on Tuesday, Juniper Networks said cyber criminals are turning to smartphones instead of PCs. Along with that shift is a widening gap between hacker capabilities and an organization’s defenses.
The report noted that enterprise and consumer mobile devices are exposed to a record number of security threats, including a 400 percent increase in Android malware since the summer of 2010.
“Operating system consolidation and the massive and growing installed base of powerful mobile devices is tempting profit-motivated hackers to target these devices,” said Jeff Wilson, principle analyst, Security at Infonetics Research.”
The greatest distribution of mobile malware is through application download, although Wi-Fi worries, SMS trojans, lost devices and risky teen behavior are also mentioned.
I’d like to know how many know malware apps there are on the Android stores right now, just for completeness sake.
In any case: The blessings of a closed ecosystem.
@mangochutney:disqus I too would like to see this information however the whole problem is that no matter how many are in the stores most Android users can also side load apps which can cause other issues as well in terms of reporting, if they could somehow include these as well that would give us the most complete picture of what is going on.
Still quite like my walled garden to be honest.