10 exceeded millions Android applications identified by or Kaspersky Lab to have a "suspicious" behavior that indicates they contain malware. Σύμφωνα με την εταιρεία, αν και σε ένα μεγάλο ποσοστό τους πρόκειται για application που έχουν αναπτυχθεί εξαρχής για τη διάδοση malware, δεν λείπουν και οι περιπτώσεις όπου εγκληματίες αξιοποιούν και νόμιμο λογισμικό για να μεταφέρουν τους maliciousυς κώδικές τους.
Kaspersky's research shows that digital fraudsters of all kinds continue to focus their attention on "smart" devices that use the functional of Google. In fact, the outbreaks appear to be rising: By the end of January, 2014 had detected approximately 200.000 unique mobile malware samples, 34% more than in November of 2013 when 148.000 samples were recorded.
Kaspersky experts also argue that users who "download" applications from alternative stores, other than the official Google Play, face a greater risk of "infection" on their devices. That is why they recommend not activating the "Install applications from third-party sources" option from the operating system settings.
At the same time, they advise users not to activate the mode «developer mode» στο smartphone ή το tablet τους, να χρησιμοποιούν λογισμικό ασφαλείας και, κατά την εγκατάσταση νέων application, να διαβάζουν προσεκτικά τι δικαιώματα πρόσβασης ζητούν τα προγράμματα.
Currently, malicious applications mostly come from Russia and naturally, they aim to extract financial information from users. For example, this happened with its mobile version Trojan Carberp, which was developed in Russia and steals user information as it is transferred to server some bank.
Source: kathimerini.gr
