On the development and protection trend of mobile platform virus

Mobile platform virus (also known as mobile virus) is gradually replacing computer viruses as a new Internet application problem. According to various reports, the Android platform's mobile virus, malicious software, the number of crazy, mobile phone virus spread and threat trends? And what is the development trend of anti-mobile virus technology? This article explores these issues and share them with you.

Development status

Mobile platform virus (also known as mobile virus) is gradually replacing computer viruses as a new Internet application problem. May 13, Tencent Mobile Security Laboratory released the "2013 1 quarterly Mobile Security report." The report shows that in the first quarter of 2013, the number of mobile phone viruses intercepted on the Android platform has gone up again, and Tencent Mobile Security Laboratory, based on Tencent's product services, has a total of 97,367 samples of virus packets, and a 52% increase in the chain. The Android system intercepts 93,008 packets of virus samples, which accounts for 4,359 of the virus samples intercepted by the near 95.6%;symbian system. Corresponding to this is the user protection against viruses and privacy awareness significantly enhanced, as of the beginning of April, only Tencent mobile phone Butler software users have more than 200 million.

At present, the use of mobile phone virus profit-making black industry chain has been formed, its methods include direct deduction fee, using other people's SMS advertising and background promotion software. Statistics show that China's mobile security software has more than 72.4 million active users. Industry estimates, through a variety of mobile phone malware and virus "suction" behavior of the black industry chain, the annual income of 1 billion yuan.

The number of viruses in mobile phones has increased by 250% in 09-10 years, and such a big increase is mainly due to a small base, if the growth of 1% in the traditional PC field is very large. Android has always been said to be open, and once open the problem may be more severe than other systems, reaching 400%. Android market from playing games to checking data, and people frantically downloading apps to mobile phones, which gives hackers a good chance to hack into their phones. Apple App Store downloads apps that need to be certified by Apple. But Google's Android Market lets developers directly publish the programs they write. As a result, Android's openness also makes it more vulnerable and easy for hackers to exploit.

According to CNNIC data statistics, as at the end of December 2012, the size of China's internet users reached 564 million, the total number of new Internet users 50.9 million people. Internet penetration was 42.1%, up 3.8% from the end of 2011. By the end of December 2012, the size of China's mobile phone users was 420 million, up from the end of the last 64.4 million people, netizens use mobile internet users accounted for by the end of the 69.3% increase to 74.5%. Therefore, it can be foreseen that the security of mobile phones will become increasingly serious.

In addition, our users use mobile Terminal product Type classification: The current domestic smartphone still dominate, after the tablet computer. Use of mobile terminal products for Internet applications: Currently browsing the web is still the most, followed by it for instant messaging, including young people, adult mobile phones are also hanging some QQ or social networking tools, as well as e-mail, mobile payment, micro-blog, etc., from the future development trend looks like mobile phone payment, Weibo will have a fast-rising trend, and subsequent security problems will emerge in large numbers.

The spread and threat trend of mobile virus

Virus implantation is more flexible and changeable, which increases the difficulty of safety protection.

On the transmission side, the new mobile phone virus implantation is more flexible and changeable, and it is widely developed with the application of mobile Internet. The way of communication is more ingenious, from simple to "winning" and other trick users to reply to SMS, call, into the guise of "China Mobile" official name of the dissemination of "official" notice, the virus is disguised as a commonly used mobile phone software, and through SMS, MMS links to induce users to click, and will use Bluetooth, Mobile phone memory card and other means of implantation transmission. More diversified way of transmission, increased the chance of infection of mobile phone virus, the security protection increased the difficulty.

The mobile virus will continue to tilt in a diversified, hierarchical direction

In the 2013, the mobile virus will continue to diversify, hierarchical direction, the fee-type virus is expected to surpass the traditional mobile phone virus in 2013, as the most threat to users of mobile security threats. The burglary virus also began to show its rapid development momentum at the end of 2012. At the same time, the mobile virus in the previous mainly for Symbian platform based on the future will be more mobile phone system platform poses a threat.

For example, with the Android platform currently in the smartphone market, the growth rate of the system, and the platform itself strong open source, signature verification mechanism is weak, and the system itself has loopholes and other reasons. 2013, Android phone will be expected to become the focus of hackers target. Despite the limited openness of the iphone and BlackBerry's operating system, security is guaranteed at the expense of mobile phone functionality. However, some domestic users of the iphone "jailbreak" version does not have any security to say. Also vulnerable to the threat of mobile phone viruses.