Android Accounts For Nearly 80 Percent Of Mobile Malware In 2012

By PYMNTS | March 7, 2013

Android accounted for 79 percent of all malware in 2012, up from 66.7 percent in 2011 and 11.25 percent in 2010, according to an f-secure report.

Symbian came in second place among processors, responsible for 19 percent of malware, while iOS and J2Me finished with 0.7 percent each. Android malware saw a particular boom in Q4 2012, when it accounted for a whopping 96 percent of all mobile device attacks, reports TechCrunch.

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