Security on mobile phones: should we worry?

Juniper, an enterprise security solutions, seems to have set fire to the powder. They broadcast a report that indicated an increase of malicious files on Android 472% since July . They also finger on the problem of validation applications in the Android Market and the lack of control of Google.

However, they are not alone in talking about Android virus, other security vendors have recently reported on this. McAfee, in its latest quarterly report shows a rising threat by 37% the previous quarter. This summer, the editor of Lookout Security Antivirus for Android released the results of a study saying that the number of malware has been multiplied by 5 in one semester.

McAfee and kaspersky agree about " Android is the centre of attention of the hackers"

The software companies of computer security kaspersky and McAfee have come to alert users of mobile devices equipped with the operating system mobile Android.
McAfee, the number of malware developed for infecting Android has grown in an 76 percent from the first quarter of the year to date.
Vicente Weafer, vice president of McAfee, said: "This year we have seen how to break records in the number of malware, especially in mobile devices, where the rise has been directly proportional to the popularity. The rapid rise of malware in android this quarter can make it a growing goal of cyber criminals".
On the other hand, the company kaspersky, that has been designed the top 20 of malicious applications, said Androide is victim of the 24,25 % of the total malwares developed to attack mobile devices.
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Trojan for Android steals banking data

It has been recently reported on the detection of a new version of a trojan that attacks to mobile devices equipped with the mobile operating system Android. This is the trojan SpyEye and their mode of operation is as follows: intercepts SMS sent from one bank to the smartphone from the user.
Once the user enters the web site of the bank, a window opens that alert of the growth of the quantity of malwares affecting Android by intercepting the messages that are sent from the bank.
The message advises the user to download and install to your terminal an application that prevents these attacks, but this is a malicious software. The application is installed with the name of the System. Before completing the installation, the trojan prompts the user to enter a number in your mobile phone.
When the user calls to this number, the hackers managed to seize control of the mobile device Android and from that moment all the messages that are sent from the bank are forwarded directly to a server controlled by them.