Android malware leaps by 76%

[Simon]

New threats against Android phones leapt by 76% in the last quarter, according to security firm McAfee.

The company's quarterly threat report claimed that Android was now the fastest-growing vector for mobile malware as the popularity of handsets running Google's mobile OS makes them more attractive to attackers.

"This quarter the count of new Android-specific malware moved to number one, with J2ME (Java Micro Edition), coming in second while suffering only a third as much malware," the company said in its quarterly threat report.

"This increase in threats to such a popular platform should make us evaluate our behaviour on mobile devices."

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/369469/android-malware-leaps-by-76

[.Griff.]

Cynical me would think this had something to do with sales of "Wavesecure" 

[Rik]

Why, you cynic, Griff. 

[Glenn]

Cynical me would think this had something to do with sales of "Wavesecure" 

Sales? I got it for free, for the time I have the number.  That was before McAfee bought the company.