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Majority mobile threats continue to be aimed at Android devices

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Sharath Kumar
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99 percent of newly discovered mobile malicious programs target the Android platform, according to the recently published Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012.

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While Android platform is so much targeted only a small amount is happening on Java- and Symbian-based smartphones, the report notes.

2012 has seen an explosive growth in attacks, for the second consecutive year. The average monthly discovery rate for new Android malware in 2011 went up to more than 800 samples.

In 2012, Kaspersky Lab identified an average of 6, 300 new mobile malware samples every month.

Overall, in 2012 the number of known malicious samples for Android increased more than eight times. The majority of Android malware can be divided into three main groups according to functionality.

 

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