Here's a particularly good summary of the malware situation on Android: "32.8 million Android devices were infected with 65,227 different pieces of malware in 2012 alone compared to close to zero malicious exploits for iOS according to NQ Mobile.
Take for example just one of these malware strains - the EuroGrabber Android malware which is as easy to be infected with as clicking on a link in an email. This malware swiped $47 million dollars straight out of the bank accounts of 30,000 users in 2012. Another one of the multitude is the Android.Bmaster command and control botnet malware which has been siphoning between $547,500 to $3,285,000 off hapless Android users per year. This is an example of the Clear and Present Danger affecting Android users the world over, something completely absent for iOS users. Then there is the enormous Master Key security hole affecting 99% of all Android devices since launch that can give malware full access to all system and user data and control phone and SMS functions with direct financial implications and turn the Android device into an always-on, always-moving, hard to detect botnet Zombie. And then there is the Google Messaging Service security hole being used by hackers to steal Android users’ data and forcing them to send paid SMS messages. Android is swiss cheese from a security standpoint and Android users are reaping the whirlwind." On 29/08/2013, at 6:43 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi People, > > "Common tech wisdom has long held that iOS is far more secure than Android, > but a report issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the > Federal Bureau of Investigation confirm it. > Android represented 79 percent of mobile malware threats in 2012, while iOS > only accounted for 0.7 percent. A whopping 44 percent of Android devices are > running two-year old versions of the operating system. > Example security threats listed include SMS Trojans, rootkits, and fake > Google Play domains." > > <http://publicintelligence.net/dhs-fbi-android-threats/> > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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