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Simon:
New threats against Android phones leapt by 76% in the last quarter, according to security firm McAfee.

The company's quarterly threat report claimed that Android was now the fastest-growing vector for mobile malware as the popularity of handsets running Google's mobile OS makes them more attractive to attackers.

"This quarter the count of new Android-specific malware moved to number one, with J2ME (Java Micro Edition), coming in second while suffering only a third as much malware," the company said in its quarterly threat report.

"This increase in threats to such a popular platform should make us evaluate our behaviour on mobile devices."

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/369469/android-malware-leaps-by-76

Rik:
Inevitable, I suppose...

Simon:
Data like this, from security firms, shouldn't be ignored, but should equally be regarded with a small pinch of salt, as you can usually guarantee that the security firm in question will have a protection app that it's trying to flog.

Rik:
Why else fund the research? ;)

Simon:
True.

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