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Writing, Administradores.com February 22, 2014 at 18:00

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200,000 unique malware samples for mobile devices were recorded at the end of January by Kaspersky Lab According to the company, this represents an increase of 34% compared to November 2013 , the time when this record was 148 thousand samples.

According to the company, these data confirm the growing interest among cybercriminals to attack mainly Android, which reached 10 million in January malicious applications.

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On January 30, 2014, the company recorded nearly 1.2 million applications Google Play, not counting in unofficial shops, where there are many others. In many cases, these cybercriminals use legitimate software esas shops available for your Android malware can infect and users who downloaded them.

In most cases, the malicious programs aim to steal financial information from the user. This is the case, for example, mobile version of Carberp, Trojan that originated in Russia. This malicious file that steals user credentials are sent to the server banks. According to analysts at Kaspersky Lab, most of these malicious Android applications are developed in Russia.

To prevent infection of mobile devices from malicious applications, Kaspersky Lab specialists recommend following these tips:

• not enable “Developer options” in the device
• not enable “install third party apps”
• Only install applications from the official stores
• When installing new applications, check what access rights they request
• Use security software on mobile devices

For more information visit the study of mobile threats in 2013.

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