ID: IRCNE2013021758
Date: 2013-02-13
According to “CNet”, the Android platform is becoming a key mobile target for cybercriminals, who are getting much more efficient with their malware, according to a report from Web-security company Blue Coat Systems.
In a mobile malware report, Blue Coat notes that Android is a popular target.
Blue Coat noted:
The Android-based malware blocked by WebPulse included an Android root exploit and a variety of rogue Android software. Forty percent of Android malware was delivered via malnets, demonstrating how cybercriminals can successfully utilize embedded infrastructures to attack mobile users. In the most recent six months, WebPulse also blocked an increasing number of unique malicious Android applications.
As for the breakdown of Android malware, Blue Coat noted 58 percent was Android root exploits and rogue software. Android malware via malnets -- networks designed to deliver malicious payloads -- was 40 percent of the total.
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