Only 0.0001% of the apps are popping Android Security - The Android Free

not uncommon to find stories and articles talking about malware attacks that have crept viruses or malicious applications that steal our data on Android. The Google mobile operating system has been a source of incidents involving malware attacks for a long time, and like it or not, in the collective consciousness as an operating system is very often attacked and sensitive to these attacks.

As it turns out

Android is much safer from malware of what we have been told , or at least what we have been led to believe. It’s something I’ve advocated for here more than once, but finally arrives with data from Google. To say that Android should not be so sensitive against malware because after many devices have never had a virus or have stolen the data nor have I met anyone who’s happened to him is not very scientific, but data on the table the thing changes.

The first thing to consider is that these data are from Google and are taken from their databases. In addition, only consider smartphones and tablets with Google Play Android applications that come installed and this market , not side as could be Amazon AppStore or other non verified by Google. Surely if we go to other application stores data changes a lot, but after all everyone knows where he gets if one seeks alternative ways like these, hence the single best antivirus is us and our common sense.

Well, as unveiled by the safety officer at Google for Android, Adrian Ludwig, only 0.001% of installed applications come to try to pass all security layers Android . In the next picture you can see an outline of how are you layers work:

Apparently

cited only 0.001% of installed applications makes it to attempt to overcome this last layer, the performance security. The layers of security include all levels , from Google verification by applications in their store and notice unverified sources, even when the operating system that detects such that a program is using more memory than it deserves.

All these measures are part of a global defense system Android, and as indicated by Google only 0.001% of the applications try to get to the last of these layers. The percentage of applications that gets it even lower, but Google did not reveal what exactly, but it seems that there is a threat that we have to worry as much as has been already told.

security layer has been featured previously here, it is Verify Apps , a tool that Google reached recently with Google Play Services and to add a valuable extra security the operating system. It is simply a way for Google to verify applications that come on the phone with its own database, which further enhances the security if we use alternative facilities to Google Play.

Verify

Apps that came into operation began collecting data on facilities outside of Google Play and hazard index. This is the graph that collects the data:

1,500 million applications installed from Google Play outside it was found that only 0.12% are potentially dangerous , encompassing this description to those that have come to be malware and have given false positive. The important thing is that also the percentage is low and that the security system is working properly.

Despite all this we have to be very aware that the user is the final filter in the first layers of security, and as much as Google and warn us announce the danger of an application , we who know whether or not the installation. Fortunately after this level are much more, and as you see there are few applications that reach far.

Google has improved Android security over time, and it seems that is an aspect that is giving special importance. With the high market share of its operating system in the world, it is normal to be one of the major goals malware attacks , and we must be ever vigilant and protected.

Source | Quartz