Android is a very confusing environment for Android and a tightly controlled app-issuing channel, with fake apps and malicious apps popping up. Now, according to the famous security company trend technology research, the Android platform has found nearly 900,000 fake apps, the number is astonishing. These fake apps can trick users into stealing user data and forcing ads to push. Even in the official Android store Google Play, there are a number of fake apps are found, Play store top 50 free apps, most of the Play store has a corresponding counterfeit products exist, it is shocking.
Android platform with nearly 900,000 fake apps
According to the Trend Micro survey, there are 890,482 different fake Android apps in various app stores and online forums, of which 394,263 are malware and 59,185 built-in aggressive adware. The most common types of counterfeit apps are disguised as anti-virus software, and often require users to approve a series of permissions beyond the real antivirus software (how do I feel a ticket in the domestic security app gun?).
Trend Micro specifically named Google Play in a famous "security software" Virus Shield, the app on Google Play on the 4.7, download volume of 10000 +, the price $3.99. In fact, the app doesn't have any anti-virus features, it's totally a scam. But before Google found it, it still managed to reach the forefront of the store's paid apps leaderboard, and imagine how weak Google's defenses against counterfeit apps are.
Google has previously announced the Project Zero program, designed to uncover vulnerabilities in third-party apps. But from a current point of view, Google's plan is undoubtedly ironic, Trend Micro suggested that Google first clean up the home portal Play store, and then to control other people's affairs.
Android app encryption has become a required course for developers due to the growing importance of security vulnerabilities in Android, and pay-as-you-like apps need to focus on securing the source code. Recently, the central Bank announced the 2014 quarterly payment system operation overall, the first quarter of 2014, the mobile payment business amount of nearly 4 trillion yuan. It is worth noting that from 2013 to 2014, the mobile payment business was growing at a 200%-year growth rate of 5 quarters, and mobile payments were approaching everyone's daily lives.
However, love encryption security experts point out that, along with mobile payments, the proliferation of mobile phone viruses, cyber-fraud and other threats. Data show that the first quarter of the 2014-year mobile Finance-related cell phone virus sample volume reached 120,000, the user caused economic losses of up to 75 million yuan. In particular, in March there have been several consecutive scans of the two-dimensional code infection virus, mobile phone wallet accounts stolen, money loss events, which allows more users to use mobile payment business began to worry about the security of their own accounts.
Netizens said: "The biggest complaint of mobile payment is the security problem, a lot of personal information is stored in the mobile phone, once the binding of mobile phone payment caused by the privacy leak, property loss problem is particularly serious, this is the current mobile payment facing the biggest bottleneck, need to like love encryption such professional mobile application protection platform to provide security. ”
Love encryption provides professional Android protection, providing security for user wallets
It is easy to see that "poor security" has become the most important reason for Chinese consumers not to use mobile payments. Love encryption technology team after a lot of research, the hacker to pay the malicious behavior of the app into five categories: the system using keyboard and Input method attack, interface interception, storage of local data theft, user privacy theft, decompile source code, Network Interactive Protocol crawl.
For these malicious acts, love encryption can provide a full range of protection solutions, including security assessment and processing, Dex triple protection, so library encryption, custom protection, such as four aspects. This exclusive mobile payment app security solution can realize local storage encryption, prevent local data from being stolen, strengthen network protocols, prevent Network Interaction protocol crawling, prevent input method attacks from disclosing privacy information, prevent interface interception and protect Android os2.0-os4.4 privacy security, prevent unpacking, packaging, source translation, from the root of the two times to eliminate the occurrence of packaging.
By using love Encryption (www.ijiami.cn), you can add a layer of protection to the payment app to provide a secure and stable security for your mobile wallet.
