São Paulo – Android, Google’s mobile system that gets more viruses currently second report from security firm F-Secure.
In the first three months of this year, the company said, 149 viruses were identified by experts in digital security F-Secure. Of these, 136 were made exclusively for Android; 13 others created for Symbian system.
this period, the company did not find new viruses for systems iOS (Apple), Windows Phone (Microsoft) and Blackberry, the document says the company.
By the end of 2012, developers created nearly 100 new viruses per quarter for the phones. The number increased: in the first quarter of this year were 149. The high, almost 50%, the market worries – it should register a growth in electronic fraud made on mobile phones.
According to F-Secure, the Report also shows a trend: that the virus developers are starting to put their efforts also in mobile systems. Until recently, they were engaged only for Windows virus construct in most cases.
This importance given to Android, says the report, shows that viruses for mobile systems are reaching their goals, ie, to generate profits for their creators.
Aggressive – Mobile system most used in the world, Android is increasingly the target of viruses going forward, says F-Secure. And developers are becoming more sophisticated malware and creating increasingly complex and powerful.
Twovirus caught the attention of the company. The first was a Trojan called Stels, made for the American market. It is sent in an email from “Internal Revenue” and, by infecting Android, steals personal phone. Also, use your cell phone user to make international calls and paid services – such as mobile recharge.
The second, made for the Indian market, called FakeJobOffer. He sends the user an e-mail from Tata, one of India’s largest multinationals, with a job offer. But to compete, you must make a deposit in a bank account – which, logically, is the virus creators.
According to the company, users should use Android in mobile security solutions, compared to the number of attacks increased.
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