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Android targeted by cybercriminals

According to the German antivirus lab AV-TEST was recorded in a total of over 15 million malware samples for Android from January 2013. A record number of threats came in the period between may and July of 2016, and in June received more than 1.5 million samples for analysis. The number of infected files in 2015 amounted to about 4.5 million, and in 2016 only by August there were already more than 7 million.

the Problem with Android is mainly in the lack of mass, the regular system updates. In August 2016 with version 6.0 Marshmallow used only 18.7% of the users. In the case of Apple iOS only a few days after the introduction of the new version of the system uses more than half of the users. Another relief for cybercriminals is the low level of authorization of the application in the Google, as well as the ability to install software from untrusted sources.

Popular types of malicious applications

In 2015 the 10 most common malicious apps on Android accounted for 25% of all malicious programs for this system. Dominated then the application sends out SMS with increased payment on top of the list were SMSSend. The militants have capitalized on by creating your own phone number with increased pay. The infected device is sent to that number an SMS message to the cardholder’s account, and the fees eventually got to the attacker.

Currently, trend is the use of software to encrypt and wymuszającego ransom. Ransomware such as popular in 2015 Slocker encrypts images, documents and video files on your device, and then displays a message oskarżającą user for violation of rights through visiting pornographic web sites. The software requires to pay a fine of $ 500 to unlock your device, and to intimidate the victim receives a message that is received is left to the user’s face and know his location.

How to protect yourself from threats?

One of the options protection is an anti-virus system for mobile devices. Experts are convinced, however, that provides additional security for the VPN, i.e. the application that provides connectivity with the corresponding encryption key.

even If a hacker will try to capture our movement will not be able to read it by means of a suitable algorithm to implement for encryption – explains Mikhail Ivan, Executive Director of F-Secure in Poland. VPN (virtual private network) hides your real IP address, also allows us to change our intended location. Solutions of this type are protected from malicious software that automatically blocks sites with malicious code – sums up Ivan.