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1@paganini.bofh.team>, grinch
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grinch@somewhere.com> wrote:
So much for Apple's highly self advertised removal of fake iOS apps.
nothing is perfect.
If fake apps exist in such obvious ways, can you imagine the iOS malware?
there's no need to imagine anything.
actual data shows that ios malware is so low that it doesn't even have
its own category, bucketed into 'other' with 3.73%, versus 50.31% for
android, more than *ten* times higher, and iot devices, which don't
even have an app store at all, are about 2.5 times higher.
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https://vpnoverview.com/wp-content/uploads/nokia_threat_intelligence_re port_2021_report_en.pdf>
€ Android devices account for more than 50% of mobile device malware
infections.
€ Android malware is still coming from both trusted and untrusted app
stores, largely due to an ever-growing suite of methods for bypassing
security tools such as Google Play Protect.
...
Figure 6 provides a breakdown of infections by device type in 2021.
Among smartphones, Android devices remain the most targeted by
malware due to the open environment and availability of third-party
app stores. Android devices make up 50.31% of all infected devices,
followed by Windows devices, which account for 23.1% of all observed
infections. A notable increase was seen this year in the macOS
(formerly OSX) space, driven by an increase in Mac-based adware,
particularly in the ADLOAD family of adware. For more information,
see the Mac malware section.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-malware-apps-wit h-2-million-installs-spotted-on-google-play/>
A new set of Android malware, phishing, and adware apps have
infiltrated the Google Play store, tricking over two million people
into installing them.
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