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Android malware attacks increasing, Google’s OS more ‘interesting’ to average cybercriminal than iOS

October 1, 2021

Via: TechSpot
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One area focused on within the report is the current state of Android malware. “It is an open source system with many vendors having their own Android versions (with their own vulnerabilities and patching problems),” Eset security awareness specialist Ondrej Kubovič told The Register.

There is good reason for Kubovič’s concerns: the report highlighted how Android threat detections increased in T2 2021 — the second analysis report out of three in a year — by 32.6%. Android banking malware, in particular, grew by 49% (158.7% in T1). Growth has declined, but “the trend is worrying given the direct impact of these threats on the financial situation of their victims,” the company stressed.

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