Malware targeting Android devices jumped in Q2: McAfee

Reuters Canada - Sakthi Prasad, Vinu Pilakkott - 23 Aug, 2011
(Reuters) - US computer security software maker McAfee said the number of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, making Android the most attacked mobile operating system. "This year we have seen record breaking ...

McAfee Q2 2011 Threats Report Shows Significant Growth for Malware on Mobile ...

MarketWatch (press release) - 23 Aug, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug 23, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011, showing that the amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, to become the most attacked ...

McAfee: Malware surging on mobile platforms, especially Android

ZDNet (blog) - Rachel King - 23 Aug, 2011
Summary: Malware is becoming a very dangerous problem for mobile operating systems, and Android is becoming the top target. Mobile platforms are anything but safe from malware, based on the second quarter ...

McAfee Partners with NEC to Secure the Android Platform

MarketWatch (press release) - 23 Aug, 2011
TOKYO, Aug 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- McAfee Co., Ltd., the Japanese subsidiary of McAfee, today announced that NEC Corporation (headquarters:Minato-ku)(headquarters:Tokyo)(president:Nobuhiro Endo) will offer McAfee Mobile Security pre-installed on ...

McAfee Threats Reports Says Malware Targets Android

PC World India - 23 Aug, 2011
McAfee's Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011 has revealed that the amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, to become the most attacked mobile operating system. The report states that 2011 has also resulted in ...

Android Prime Target For Malware: ...

The Next Web - 23 Aug, 2011
Computer security firm McAfee said that virus attacks on mobile platforms were on the rise and that Android had for the first time unseated Symbian as the most-attacked mobile OS in the market, according to a report by Reuters. ...

McAfee: Android is the most popular mobile platform for malware attacks

BGR India - Rajat Agrawal - 23 Aug, 2011
Malware attacks on Android smartphones jumped by 76 per cent in the last quarter to make Android the most popular smartphone platform to attack toppling Symbian, according to a McAfee report. It claims that hackers and virus-writers are using complex ...

McAfee says criminal hackers will sell a million email addresses for $25

VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi - 23 Aug, 2011
If you want to buy a million email addresses from criminal hackers, the going rate is $25, according to a second quarter report from antivirus firm McAfee. The new McAfee Q2 2011 Threats Report also shows that mobile malware is on the rise, ...

McAfee Partners with NEC to Secure the Android Platform

EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) - 23 Aug, 2011
TOKYO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--McAfee Co., Ltd., the Japanese subsidiary of McAfee, today announced that NEC Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Nobuhiro Endo) will offer McAfee Mobile Security pre-installed on its ...

 

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