Phone operating system security report

The world of the Internet is not safe. Computers, notebook computers, mobile devices are more and more by worms, viruses, botnets, Trojans, spam, more attacks.
According to a new report from McAfee (PDF), malware multiplied at a faster rate than ever before in the past four years. Malware 1.5 million increase in the last quarter, with the new threats, including the growth of the "blackmail" of the attack, thumb drives, corrupt, and botnets.
Windows PC operating system is still the main areas of virus attacks, but more and more data show that the mobile operating system's security situation is deteriorating.
"In the last quarter, we have seen one of the best examples of malicious software impact consumers, businesses and critical infrastructure, senior vice president of McAfee Labs Vincent Weafer said," in a statement. "Traditionally, we have seen in the attack on the PC to make their way to other devices, for example, in the second quarter, we saw the flashback, equipment and technology for the Macintosh, such as extortion and driver download for mobile."
This is not a virus in the traditional sense, it does not have the concept of automatic transmission.
Flashback for Mac followers believe that the nightmare of their equipment malware immune. At least 60 Mac computers at the beginning of the year quietly infection Flashback Trojan horse, disguised as Adobe Flash browser plug-in. And successfully steal hundreds of thousands of user names and passwords. Malware iOS increase, but still compared to other operating systems are still relatively low.
Google has been working to strengthen the security of its Android mobile operating system, but it is still the favorite of a growing network of criminals.
McAfee's report says: "In the past few quarters, we have seen the Android OS is the most popular mobile malware writers target". "In the first quarter of this year is no different, almost all new mobile malware for the Android platform mixed SMS sending malicious software, mobile phone（spain words: moviles libres baratos） botnets, Trojans spyware and destructive."
According to McAfee, another fad in the world of cyber crime, including the "blackmail", erase personal photos and documents, and can also hold the hostages payments until the owner of the computer data, set it for free. Sending malicious spam botnet also on the rise, such as a thumb drive corruption, password stealers and phishing sites.
"The report stresses the need to protect, can be used to access the Internet on all equipment, Weafer said."
In fact, if we know that the principle of mobile phone virus, we completely mobile virus attacks can be avoided. According android mechanisms not open the root privileges android system security software, download legal software base, it the virus naturally can not be invaded our telefonos baratos phone. The security of the mobile Internet depends on the degree of openness of the operating system.