{"id":11462,"date":"2016-03-02T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2017-09-24T08:08:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T12:08:38","slug":"mobile-malware-evolution-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/mobile-malware-evolution-2015\/11462\/","title":{"rendered":"The continual evolution of mobile malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nowadays PCs are protected much better than before. The up-to-date Windows 8.1 comes with a built-in firewall and a type of anti-virus protection delivered via Defender. Browser developers continue to think about security as well: for example, Chrome tries to detect suspicious sites and warn you before opening them, and it\u2019s sandboxing system is supposed to prevent malware from going out from one tab and infecting all the others.<\/p>\n

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Of course, these levels of protection aren\u2019t perfect and in many cases they frequently fail. That\u2019s why people install complex security solutions and let those solutions protect them. The problem is that smartphones and tablets do not look like PCs \u2014 and maybe that\u2019s why only a few treat their security seriously.<\/p>\n

Actually, your smartphone is a computer \u2013 a rather powerful one for that matter. It is connected to your financial accounts and in addition it\u2019s almost certainly poorly protected. Unfortunately, cybercriminals know that as well. In 2015 the number of mobile Trojans of all stripes dramatically increased. Throughout the year our solutions detected and stopped 2,961,727 malicious installation packages.<\/p>\n

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My risky gamble: 24 hours without a #smartphone<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/eze99as560<\/a> #digitalamnesia<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RupoKf9LAO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) July 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n