Dec 07, 2011, 10.50 AM IST

Android more vulnerable to malware than iOS

The popularity of Google’s operating system is increasing by the day, but it’s giving a directly proportional rise to ...

Source: Tech2.com
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The popularity of Google’s operating system is increasing by the day, but while it continues its upward climb, reportedly its susceptibility to malware has been increasing, just as steadily. A new study by Fortinet has analyzed the malware content for this year and the company has observed a whopping 90 percent jump in malware content in 2011, as compared to 2010. This doesn’t indicate the number of devices that have been infected, but is simply a statistic indicating that there is malware out there on the Android Marketplace, waiting to infect Android smartphones and tablets alike. 


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