Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Is Android a target

Is Android a target?

I've been online following various channels for awhile,  and I find it interesting that Android has been singled out for malware. Granted it seems to grabbing the majority of headlines over the net as of late, since Android currently is the most popular mobile phone OS.

I sometimes feel other blog postings have short term memories, since creating and distributing malware really isn't anything new. Just follow what had been happening to Nokia's OS (not Windows) or Blackberry's over the years and obviously the same game applies. If there is money to be made, then of course there will be malware developed for it. Just ask Microsoft.

However with the tools available these days, and the technical abilities, (especially from a phone standpoint) things are changing drastically, especially since smartphones and tablets are all the rage these days, so its understandable that more instances of Malware are bound to show up.

Also, (most significant and obvious) the whole world is going mobile at quite a rate. What will be more interesting is how Google and the various phone manufacturers will work to together to resolve this growing issue.

What do you guys think out there?

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