peru_edaite_enti Posted August 18, 2012 Report Posted August 18, 2012 [img]http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Android-Malware.jpeg[/img] [color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][size=3] According to security research firm Kaspersky Labs, the volume of new malware targeting [url="http://www.bgr.com/tag/android"]Android[/url] devices nearly tripled in the second quarter of 2012. Over the three-month period, the company found more than 14,900 new malicious programs targeting the platform. Nearly half of the malicious files were classified as multi-functional Trojans that were programmed to steal data from smartphones and could also download and install programs from remote servers. A quarter of the malware was made up of SMS Trojans, which are capable of sending text message to premium-rate numbers without the owner’s consent, and 18% were considered backdoor threats that can give hackers full control over an infected device.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][size=3] “In the near future, we expect not only more malware, but more effective and dangerous malware targeting Android,” said Yuri Namestnikov, Senior Malware Analyst at Kaspersky Lab. “Judging from existing trends, we should expect that cybercriminals will soon shift to more personalised attacks. This is primarily about malware hunting for confidential data with which to steal money from users’ credit cards.”[/size][/font][/color]
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