New Android malware samples the company discovered in the first quarter were up 40 percent compared with the previous year. McAfee believes that over the next several years, the number of threats that will impact Android will increase exponentially. The security flaws in Windows made it an inviting target for thieves to steal data and cash for the least effort, it was purely economics, McAfee says. The number of Android threats will increase in coming years, according to McAfee, which believes Android malware will also increase.”]

