The Android operating system is the main objective of the ... - RTVE

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Google operating system, Android , remains the main goal of the creators of malicious software (or malware ), with a 96% of new families or variants of malware that were created in the first quarter of 2013 and who were in the ‘ shops’ unofficial applications . Data are included in a report by the Finnish antivirus company F-Secure.

So, the study attributed this interest to Android dominates the operating system market , and in the second quarter of 2013, an estimated 79.3% of the devices were sold worldwide Google operating system built, followed by iOS (13.2%), Windows Phone (3.7%) and BlackBerry (2.9%).

According to F-Secure says the Android application market (Google Play) is “far safer”. However, note that the total packages Android 405 140 registered in July 2013 malicious software had 257 443 (63%), while in January this year there were 170 659 packages of which 73,084 applications were malware (42%).

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services unofficial apps, malicious software was the most abundant of banking Trojans , a type of software that steals passwords and numbers to identify banking operations using devices .

F-secure also warned of increased advertising malicious (in English malvertising ), ie ads lead to pages that distribute malware or websites that can be accessed directly and install such software on devices.

In addition, the company has detected a malware Android specific, the Trojan Stels . This is a bot that provides methods to enrich its leaders through SMS, phone calls or software installation.

This Trojan is designed to last a long time and found cases in which the malware uses spam and social media as a distribution method . For example, have spread spam messages on behalf of a U.S. federal agency, the Internal Revenue Service or through spaces.ru Russian social network.
Stels, emerged in November 2012 can convert an infected device into a computer bot that becomes part of a network and is trained to steal banking authentication numbers . The company F-Secure has identified more than 1,300 Stels samples divided in three variants that are on the network simultaneously.

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Faced with these threats of malicious software on the devices, the report includes recommendations to protect . First, downloaded when applications use the services recommend official and block the possibility that you can download an app without our consent.

Also, advise check the permissions we have to give when you install an application, as it may authorize payment services such as make calls or send SMS or MMS.

recommend installing antivirus also scan the device and the applications themselves before installing and put a password to unlock the device in case it is lost or stolen, in order that a third person can not access our email or keys bank, for example.

There are also -protection systems that eliminate data theft distance the owner of the device, including memory cards installed. Finally, there is the possibility of blocking unwanted calls or SMS through the mobile operators. The report indicates that block this system is a way to “minimize monetary losses” even if you have installed the malware.