Malware threats rose faster during the first six months of this year than ever — 22 percent faster than last year. Malware aimed at Google’s Android OS increased in number 76 percent compared to the year before. Android malware is easier to develop for the open-source-modeled Android than the closed and proscribed requirements of iOS. The most common infection point for smartphones is an app poisoned by hackers and downloaded by users who assume it is clean, according to a July report from Lookout Mobile Security.”]
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