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.
We should also add that the infographic that you will see below, serves the purposes of the company very well.
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.
Η Arxan Technology, to conduct the research, downloaded 100 paid apps for both platforms and searched for cloned apps in third-party online stores as well as various distribution websites and torrent sites 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 Apple's jailbroken devices are always at greater risk. So beware of the software you download for your device. Installing software from non-trusted sources should be avoided. The same goes for Android devices as well.
See infographic
