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Android Owners Beware: 99% Of All Mobile Threats Target Your Devices

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Kaspersky's 2012 Security Bulletin suggests, most of the newly-discovered mobile malicious programs target the Android platform.

According to the recently published Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012, 99% of newly discovered mobile malicious programs target the Android platform, with a very small amount targeting Java- and Symbian-based smartphones. 2012 was the second year to show explosive growth in Android malware. From a negligible eight new unique malicious programs in January 2011, the average monthly discovery rate for new Android malware grew to 800 samples within the same year. In 2012, Kaspersky Lab identified an average of 6300 new mobile malware samples every month.