Alcatel-Lucent has announced new data showing that threats to mobile devices continue to rise rapidly, and have infected more than 11.6 million devices. The report shows that increased mobile devices affected by ‘malware’ in 20 per cent during 2013, with the devices connected to 4G networks most likely to profit hit by malware.
The study infections phones iPhone and BlackBerry accounted for less than 1 %, which would place them as the safest options market.
devices Android , meanwhile, accounted for 60 percent of total infections in mobile networks, normally under the form of ‘Trojans’ downloaded from app stores (app stores) third, in Google Play Store or abusive e-mail with phishing (phishing scams).
40% of ‘malware’ mobile devices originated in notebooks with Windows connected to a mobile network, the study of Alcatel-Lucent.
figures last quarter and last year Kindsight, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, reveal that “malicious software or malware used by hackers to gain access to devices continues to increase with the use of ultra broadband by consumers. “
“The ‘malware’ is used for espionage and launching denial of service (DoS) to companies and administrations”, experts from the French firm.
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