Android under siege from malware heres how to protect your phone

Nokia’s latest Nokia threat report shows how mobile malware spread faster than any other sinister code last year. Android devices were the top malware targets by a large margin, making up 85% of all mobile device infections in the second half of the year. Andr/PornClk was the biggest, accounting for more than 20% of the cases reviewed in 2016. Android was found to be vulnerable to a variety of hacking techniques, such as Pattern Lock, an SMS sender with Chinese origins, and an Android rootkit.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/03/31/android-under-siege-from-malware-heres-how-to-protect-your-phone/