Cybercriminals are aware of the value of popular mobile apps, and 2014 has cloned the 97% of paid apps running on online stores for Android and 87% for the iOS operating system. Cloning, of course, was done to pack malware. The information comes from a survey conducted by the company Arxan Technology.
Also add that infographic which you will see below, serves the purposes of the company just fine.
Although the numbers are quite high, in the case of Android devices there is an improvement over the previous year, as well as the previous year.
For iOS, exposure is more unpleasant as 2014 has recorded an increase of 31%, indicating the growing interest for Apple's operating system users.
Arxan Technology, to carry out the research, downloaded 100 paid apps for both platforms and searched for cloned applications in third-party online stores as well as on various distribution sites and torrent sites.
The survey also included 20 popular applications running for free.
The results are quite worrying as you will see yourself in the infographic created by the company.
We should mention that jailbroken Apple devices are always at greater risk. So be careful about the software you download for it device your. The installation software from untrusted sources should be avoided. Of course, the same applies to Android devices.
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