Cyber attacks on Android devices on the rise

guest · Nov 7, 2018

Cyber attacks on Android devices on the rise
November 7, 2018
https://www.gdatasoftware.com/blog/2018/11/31255-cyber-attacks-on-android-devices-on-the-rise

Cyber criminals are increasingly focusing on mobile devices, especially those with Android operating systems. The reason: eight out of ten people worldwide use a smartphone with the popular OS, because these are often cheap to buy. This makes it all the more important to use a security app.
Almost 12,000 new Android malware instances every day
The year 2018 is expected to end with a new negative record. By the end of the third quarter alone, G DATA analysts had discovered almost 3.2 million new Android malware samples. This means that the researchers counted around 11,700 new malware samples per day for the popular operation system.
Distributing security updates in good time
The key to better protection of smartphones and tablets lies in the timely distribution of the latest security updates. Security researchers point out that device providers, too, are required to maintain higher standards.

According to a report by technology portal The Verge,, since this summer Google has been contractually obliging manufacturers of popular Android smartphones to provide security updates for at least two years
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mekelek · Nov 8, 2018

rich coming from GData when half of their features in their Android app doesn't support latest modern Android versions....

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