Releasing the Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011, McAfee said that it had been the busiest ever first half-year in malware history with about 1.2 crore unique samples for the first half of 2011, showing an increase of 22 per cent increase over 2010.
Android at top
With the vast amount of personal and business data now found on user’s mobile phones, mobile malware is steadily increasing, often mimicking the same code as PC-based threats. Android OS-based malware surpassed Symbian OS for the most popular target for mobile malware developers.
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