Has Android Malware Tripled in Recent Months? Not So Fast

16.08.2012

"The number of new malicious programs targeting the Android platform has almost trebled in the second quarter of the year," Kaspersky wrote in its announcement.

"Over the three months in question, over 14,900 new malicious programs targeting this platform were added to Kaspersky Lab's database," it added.

The complete version of Kaspersky's Q2 IT Threat Evolution report is available .

Over at F-Secure, however, the findings are pretty different.

'A Much Better Measurement'