Some 343 new Android malware samples every hour in 2017

The threat situation has continued to be high in the past year, with over 3 million new Android malware samples discovered. 744,065 of these were discovered in the fourth quarter of 2017. This means that G DATA analysts are counting an average of 8,225 new malware samples for the Android operating system every day. Despite a slight drop in the total annual increase compared to the previous year, (3,246,284), there is no relief in sight. With the latest Android version, Google is trying to make updates available to all users faster that used to be the case so far. Current cases such as the “Meltdown” and “Spectre” attacks have shown the rethink to be justified. What is behind Project Treble?

      

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