Google’s Android Faces More App Attacks in New Security Frontier

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Source: Bloomberg News

Google Inc.’s Android mobile-phone platform faces soaring software attacks and has little control over the applications, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.

Applications loaded with malicious software are infiltrating the Google operating system at a faster rate than with personal computers at the same stage in development, said Nikolay Grebennikov, chief technology officer for Kaspersky. The company identified 70 different types of malware in March from just two categories in September.

“The growth rate in malware within Android is huge, in the future there will definitely be more,” Grebennikov said in an interview in London. Kaspersky will offer security on Android in the third quarter of this year.

Hacking into mobile-phone software has become increasingly sophisticated, forcing Mountain View, California-based Google to remove malicious applications that were available from its Android Market store last month. The applications, which were remotely disabled, gathered information about mobile devices and could be used to access personal data.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-21/google-s-android-system-faces-more-app-attacks-in-new-security-frontier-.html

[SkyDaddy7]

1. MAC lovers attack!! They did it to Microsoft to show weakness...

And this will allow Apple to continue controlling everything...Oh well that is the name of the game!

I would like to get an Android based tablet but I will stick with the iPad for now.

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2. Apple has the same capability to remove apps remotely as well and has done so.

Malware is not exclusive to android, though there are alot of android phones out there now, so im sure they are a target......