%0 Journal Article %1 Gaffney20137 %A Gaffney, Tom %D 2013 %J Network Security %K android windows %N 8 %P 7 - 10 %R 10.1016/S1353-4858(13)70092-8 %T Following in the footsteps of Windows: how Android malware development is looking very familiar %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353485813700928 %V 2013 %X This year has already seen the introduction of a game changer to the Android malware ecosystem. Previously a platform that solely harboured app malware, we have now seen the first threats outside of apps. In \Q1\ of this year, we detected Android threat distribution via email spam, the first targeted Android attacks and the first Android advanced fee fraud scam. The Android platform is certainly the mobile malware target of choice now. The number of new mobile threat families and variants discovered in \Q1\ 2013 rose by 49% on the previous quarter. Most concerning for Android users is that 91% of these were for their preferred platform. The evolution of the malicious software on Android echoes that for the Windows platform. However, change is afoot. Tom Gaffney of F-Secure analyses what the first quarter of 2013 has shown us in terms of where Android malware is going, and analyses some of the nastier examples.

@article{Gaffney20137, abstract = {This year has already seen the introduction of a game changer to the Android malware ecosystem. Previously a platform that solely harboured app malware, we have now seen the first threats outside of apps. In \{Q1\} of this year, we detected Android threat distribution via email spam, the first targeted Android attacks and the first Android advanced fee fraud scam. The Android platform is certainly the mobile malware target of choice now. The number of new mobile threat families and variants discovered in \{Q1\} 2013 rose by 49% on the previous quarter. Most concerning for Android users is that 91% of these were for their preferred platform. The evolution of the malicious software on Android echoes that for the Windows platform. However, change is afoot. Tom Gaffney of F-Secure analyses what the first quarter of 2013 has shown us in terms of where Android malware is going, and analyses some of the nastier examples. }, added-at = {2013-12-14T20:00:26.000+0100}, author = {Gaffney, Tom}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2897f168637152e734bef322181021c12/estebancacavelo}, description = {Following in the footsteps of Windows: how Android malware development is looking very familiar}, doi = {10.1016/S1353-4858(13)70092-8}, interhash = {7ada70a3342a28d087daac0fa0e63b8c}, intrahash = {897f168637152e734bef322181021c12}, issn = {1353-4858}, journal = {Network Security }, keywords = {android windows}, number = 8, pages = {7 - 10}, timestamp = {2013-12-14T20:00:26.000+0100}, title = {Following in the footsteps of Windows: how Android malware development is looking very familiar }, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353485813700928}, volume = 2013, year = 2013 }