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Mobile Malware Infection Rate in H1 2014 Almost as High as in the Entire 2013

September 10, 2014

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In the first half of 2014, the infection rate for mobile devices grew by 17%, which is almost as much as the increase for the entire year 2013, when 20% was recorded.

According to a study from Kindsight Security Labs of Alcatel-Lucent, with data pulled from their sensors, 60% of the infected devices run Android operating system, and less than 1% rely on iOS, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows.

Based on telemetric information, the researchers estimate that about 15 million devices are currently …