According to comScore, Android phones comprise more than 40 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. Android phones are 2.5 times more likely to encounter malware than just six months ago. Android remains a serious threat because it is an open platform. Apple’s closed platform is also seeing a rise in threats, says Charlie Miller, a hacker who recently showed how microcontrollers can be taken over by hacking chips that regulate everything from the battery in a laptop to a car, can be used as a hiding spot for malware.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2129321/scammers-shift-targets-beyond-the-pc.html