New Trojan Android platform accounted for 97% of the hardest hit

Morning News (reporter ms) Perhaps you did not notice, in the opening of the mobile phone software at the same time their own Internet traffic and privacy has been stolen. Yesterday, Qihoo 360 released the "first half of 2013 China Mobile phone security status report" shows that the first half of this year, 360 Internet Security Center intercepted new mobile phone trojans, malware and malicious advertising plug-in 450,000 balance, the total number of infections more than 480 million people, nearly the 2012 annual infection. Among them, the charge consumption, privacy theft and malicious deduction of malicious software ranked in the top three. The report notes that the Android platform is the main infection platform. Among them, in the new mobile Trojan, Android platform accounted for more than 97%, the number of infected people reached 46.96 million. And all the malware, the cost of the current mobile phone malicious software is the main harm. Data show that 61% of Android malware is intended for tariff consumption. Mobile phone in the infection of such malicious software, will secretly download all kinds of application in the background, serious consumption of mobile phone traffic and electricity. For example, 360 mobile phone Security Center intercepted in March "corpse Tide" Trojan, one day to download the unknown number of applications can reach dozens of, the user on the hundred trillion traffic, infected by the application of more than million balance. In addition, the theft of user privacy has become an issue of concern in the smartphone era. 360 of the first half of the hottest 1000 mobile phone application Sample analysis shows that 90.1% of the popular applications will read the device information, 53.1% of the application will read the user's location information, 24.2% of the application can send text messages, 22.6% of the application will read the contact person; The application can call the camera. It is understood that in the mobile phone malware transmission channels, Third-party application stores, mobile phone forums, such as download channels accounted for 62%, followed by mobile phone ROM built-in accounted for 22%, two-dimensional code, short Web site accounted for 9%. In this respect, experts suggest that users should choose the normal channels to buy mobile phones, choose the official website and the regular channel download applications, the installation of careful attention before the security permissions, timely installation of security patches, etc., to prevent malicious software.