Antivirus Firm: 75% Of Phone-Based Malware Now Targets Android
The phrase “mobile malware”–how cybersecurity researchers describe the small but growing number of nasty programs designed to infect smartphones–is quickly becoming synonymous with a more specific term: “Android malware.” According to data released Monday by the Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure, 37 of the 49 variants of malicious software targeting smartphones in the last quarter were ...