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Android crowned the king of mobile malware, report finds
Topic Started: Mar 13 2013, 02:44 PM (114 Views)
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Android crowned the king of mobile malware, report finds

Android is the target of almost 80 percent of mobile malware, with more than 300 threats detected and noted by security firm F-Secure in a report this week. In the fourth quarter of 2012 alone, 96 new variants of Android threats were discovered, almost twice as many as over the summer.
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Much of the malware aimed at Android users is intended to make money through text messages sent to premium numbers without the user’s consent or knowledge. This tactic generated 21 new variants of malware, F-Secure reported. Also prominent are banking Trojans that steal the mobile Transaction Authentication Number (mTAN) banks send to customers via SMS to validate an online banking transaction. Using this number, hackers can transfer money from the victims’ account. One such Trojan, Eurograbber, was used to steal $47 million from more than 30,000 retail and corporate accounts in Europe, according to a Bank Info Security report.



More here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2030249/android-crowned-the-king-of-mobile-malware-report-finds.html
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