Mobile News From Plastic: Droid Malware and Mobile Security 101
by Sarah Plummer on 20th June 2012
The latest in Android anti-virus, called Sophos Mobile Security, has produced a report identifying the top five most frequently encountered scary problems on the platform. The first, PJApps-C, is Android’s most significant chaos causer. See the chat above and the list below for more on Android’s scariest viruses.
1. Andr/PJApps-C.
2. Andr/BBridge-A.
3. Andr/BatteryD-A.
4. Andr/Generic-S.
5. Andr/DrSheep-A.
Read more in depth about each of them HERE
While many people may not give a second thought to the mobile computing threats emerging as the mobile industry continues to grow and expand, there is some cause for concern. Thankfully, the company Veracode has got our backs. They’ve recently released a free ebook about mobile security that offers 10 simple ways to ramp up the company protection against a very real growing mobile threat. Get the free ebook HERE.
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