Among smartphones, Android devices are the most commonly targeted by malware, finds report

(Last Updated On: December 7, 2018) According to the latest Nokia Threat Intelligence Report 2019, Android devices are the most commonly targeted by malware. In mobile networks, Android devices were responsible for 47.15% of the observed malware infections, Windows©/ PCs for 35.82%, IoT for 16.17% and Apple’s iPhones for less than 1%. Malware, Device breakdown 2018, source Nokia Threat Intelligence Report 2019 In the smartphone sector, the vast majority of malware is currently distributed as trojanized applications. The user is tricked by phishing, advertising or other social engineering into downloading and installing the application. The main reason that the Android platform is targeted, is the fact that once side-loading...

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500 Android apps blocked from Play Store due to malware

Through the use of an advertising software development kit contained in 500 apps on the Google Play Store, cybercriminals were able to spy on users and even infect their mobile devices with malware.  That's according to security firm Lookout , which discovered that the Android apps in question all had the lgexin ad SDK built into them which gave unauthorised third parties access to user devices.  The apps themselves also managed to be downloaded over 100 million times from the Google Play Store as many of them fell into popular categories such as weather, health and fitness, travel and games.  However, the app developers were likely not responsible for the malware added by the cybercriminals and this is...

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