Symbian was the new home for 21 variants of malware in Q3, up 17 percent from Q2. Android was besieged by more than 35,000 new malware samples in August alone. Android seems to be the victim and the beneficiary of China s explosive growth. FakeInst, which affected Android users, was reportedly the most prolific threat. In second and third place were Mobler and SMSAnywhere, which targeted the Symbian platform. In fourth was OpFake, targeting Android, J2ME, Windows Mobile, and Symbian, making it highest ranking multi-platform threat.
Source: https://threatpost.com/android-symbian-malware-rise-110512/77185/