Sunday, June 5, 2011

FaceKaspersky: “Android is a new Windows hackers”

Security situation on the mobile platform Android is more like the state of security on Windows, this is an information report security situation in quarter 1 / 2011 which has released Kaspersky.
To demonstrate his identify, Kaspersky has made ​​a few comparisons. The first is the rapid development of mobile devices using the Android platform, which is similar to the current popularity of computers using Windows. Monday it was the presence of outdated applications and applications that contain security vulnerabilities on Android, this is similar on Windows.
In addition, the policy update vulnerability on these devices often use Android negligence, because the manufacturers selling a large number of products on the market and usually do not care and upgraded version to mend the errors can have on the equipment of their older generation.
Android security situation is increasingly alarming

A further similarity between the Windows and Android, that is the user’s ignore the security warning when installing and using applications, and allow them to use special access to the system. According to Kaspersky, which can cause users to inadvertently unlock the application of their equipment and the hacker can have full use and access systems to steal information.
Kaspersky also said that the malware on mobile phones began to move into a new stage of development, similar to the types of malicious software on the latest Windows platforms on their risk level and sophistication.
Finally, the security company believes the number of new malicious software on the mobile platform is doubled, from 500 last year and exceed a thousand in the year. Despite rapid growth, but there is a worrying trend that Android users are still not aware of the risk level can occur on your equipment and is often store information key on the device without any way of security.
Kaspersky said, “Android is a new Windows”, is fertile ground for hackers to launch diaphragm.

Source:thongtincongnghe.com

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