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The Android operating system is the target of 97.5% of cyber attacks made the mobile ecosystem. The Google software is virtually the only mobile platform that hackers try to exploit

The data revealed by security firm Kaspersky point out the great popularity of the operating system -. That only in the last quarter recorded a market share more than 80% – a major cause for the high volume of attacks. Cybercriminals attack where they know they will be able to cause more damage, ensures the security company.

But Kaspersky also highlights the fact that Google “retain the option to install third party applications even in the most modern versions” writes in a statement.

Only the third quarter of 2013 to 120,341 Kaspersky detected malware changes, ie, changes to the source code of the application so that this legitimate in the eyes of users appears, and some cases, the eyes of Google itself. . Compared with the previous quarter recorded an increase of 20 thousand new modifications malware

The security company also detailed the types of threats that were more frequent in the quarter that ended in September:

Malware Obad. back to highlights the company security as one of the most remarkable in the last quarter. As the TeK realized, malicious software was spreading on smartphones and tablets via botnets other cybercriminals -. A network of infected computers that communicate with one another to perform tasks such as sending spam emails

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