A third of the top 20 malware threats for Android by infection rate fall into the spyware category, Kindsight Security Labs says. The malware infection rate for devices connected to mobile networks is fairly low, averaging at 0.52 percent. The most common Android threat was an adware Trojan program called Uapush.A that sends SMS messages and steals information. Spyware programs can typically record phone calls and text messages; track the phone’s location; monitor email, social media and browsing activity.”]
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