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Reduce Your Android Security Risks
Topic Started: May 27 2011, 07:42 PM (79 Views)
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Reduce Your Android Security Risks

Android is the king of the hill when it comes to smartphone market share, a fact that hasn't gone unnoticed to hackers and malware authors. Juniper Networks Global Threat Center has compiled a report showing that malware attacks on Android are up 400% since the summer of 2010.

According to the report, they are targeting the platform because many of its users are "unaware, disinterested, or uneducated" about security. The malware is focusing on monitoring phone calls and SMS messages made with the phone. When you think about how many people do online banking via their phone's voice capabilities or get confirmation codes via SMS to log into social networks, there is a lot of info to be gleaned from these two relatively old communication methods.
Juniper expects the attacks to gradually include "command and control zombies and botnet participators, devices that are remotely controlled to execute malicious attacks.
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More here: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/security/229500720
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