98% of Android Applications are Dangerous

CALIFORNIA - The world increasingly concerned about cyber hacking and prone to theft as well . Based on recent reports security firm says , as many as 98 percent of apps in Android malware stored hazardous .

Recent data from the security firm Kaspersky Lab said, finding 10 million malicious Android applications that can mess up the system on one's smartphone . Start of sending spam or junk email , to steal the password of an account .

But the most targeted by cyber criminals is financial information , such as mobile banking applications , or SMS banking services , as well as BitCoin virtual currency .

" If 2011 was the year of mobile malware began to explore device , especially for Android devices . And in 2012 until the year of mobile malware growing diverse , then 2013 was the era of mobile malware became more vicious , " said Kaspersky Labs as quoted Dailymail , Monday ( 10/2 / 2014 ) .

The reason why Android into a hotbed for malware to breed because of the freedom provided by Google . Anyone can register his application developers with little requirements . This is in contrast to Apple's App Store that strictly select the application you want displayed in the App Store .

" Android continues to be the number one , with as much as 98.05 percent of malware . Nobody approached other OS . Why Android , because Android has an open architecture that makes it easy to use by the application developer or creator of the malware , " Kaspersky Labs spokesman said .

Malware is the most widely roam Android Trojan - SMS is as much as 36 percent , 26 percent Backdoor , Trojan 16 percent , Trojan - Downloader 7 percent , and various other malware as much as 15 percent .

Kaspersky Labs cited the loss that can be caused by malware named Trojan Carberp made ​​in Russia . The malicious mobile viruses steal various financial information of mobile phone users , including the balance in the account , and then send it to the maker 's bank server malware .