Computer / Informazione / Sicurezza · 3 January 2012 0

2012, boom of viruses for smartphone & tablets

McAfee, the well known society specialized in antivirus softwares, has announced that the previsions for the year 2012 of malware for smartphones & tables will increase thanks to the large diffusion that these devices has having in the last. McAfee has infact declared that in the last quarter of 2011 the malware code specifically written for Android systems has increased of 37% then the previous quarter, that had already increased of 76% then the first quarter of the year. McAfee thinks that 2011 will close with about 75 millions of malware codes. For the 2012, MacAfee expects a boom of malware infections aimed to grab the home banking & online system credits passwords.

Source: Ansa