Android devices, a key target for cybercriminals

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Android devices, a key target for cybercriminals -

Alcatel-Lucent said that there was a "high growth" recent malware and cyber -attacks targeting smartphones and broadband devices. This increase is parallel to the number of tablets and / or smartphones users worldwide.

Kindsight, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent has released a security report for the second quarter of 2013. It thus provides the top 20 security threats, with names such as lZeus / Zbot (Trojan targeting financial institutions) ZeroAccess2, Alureon.DX, Sality.AT, Lolyda.B, Hupignon.DZ among others ..

regarding mobile threats, it primarily concerns the bank or malware spyware, the most common being represented by the Trojans that steal information from the personal user or send SMS to special numbers without the owner of the mobile device being aware.

The report states that in the second quarter of 2013, the systems deployed by the group, 10% domestic and 0.5% of the networks mobile devices were infected with malware systems ... Android and Windows operating are most affected.

malware and cybercrime are a culture problem for home networks and mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets that have become increasingly targeted Android. Users do not always protect their mobile devices as they should do, and even if they do, a malicious application can easily escape anti-virus installed, according to Kevin McNamee, the boss of Kindsight Security Labs.

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