{"id":13041,"date":"2013-03-07T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/iteam\/?p=13041"},"modified":"2013-03-07T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:30:10","slug":"choosing-a-smartphone-android-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mobileservices\/2013\/choosing-a-smartphone-android-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Smartphone? Be Aware of Android Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>F-Secure.com report: Android attracts 112 times more malware than Apple&#8217;s iOS.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.fortune.cnn.com\/2013\/03\/07\/apple-android-malware\/\">Android attracts 112 times more malware than Apple&#8217;s iOS<\/a> by\u00a0Philip Elmer-DeWitt, cnn.com, March 7 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.f-secure.com\/static\/doc\/labs_global\/Research\/Mobile%20Threat%20Report%20Q4%202012.pdf\">Mobile Threat Report (PDF)<\/a>, f-secure.com, Q4 2012.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/macdailynews.com\/2013\/03\/07\/f-secure-android-accounted-for-96-of-all-mobile-malware-in-q4-2012\">F-Secure: Android accounted for 96% of all mobile malware in Q4 2012<\/a>,\u00a0macdailynews.com,\u00a0Mar 7 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/android-phones-release-confidential-contents-when-frozen-1115287\">Android Phones Release Confidential Contents When Frozen<\/a>,\u00a0Dave Smith, IBTimes.com, Mar 7 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/iteam\/2013\/phone-tip-choosing-a-smartphone-android-targeted-by-more-malware\/mobile-threats-by-platform-2012\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13042\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"mobile-threats-by-platform-2012\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/iteam\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobile-threats-by-platform-2012-400x214.png\" alt=\"Pie Chart: Mobile Threats by Platform (2012)\" width=\"400\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>Mobile Threats by Platform, 2012. F-Secure.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>More tips<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/iteam\/tips\/\">carleton.ca\/iteam\/tips<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F-Secure.com report: Android attracts 112 times more malware than Apple&#8217;s iOS. Android attracts 112 times more malware than Apple&#8217;s iOS by\u00a0Philip Elmer-DeWitt, cnn.com, March 7 2013. Mobile Threat Report (PDF), f-secure.com, Q4 2012. F-Secure: Android accounted for 96% of all mobile malware in Q4 2012,\u00a0macdailynews.com,\u00a0Mar 7 2013 Android Phones Release Confidential Contents When Frozen,\u00a0Dave Smith, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Choosing a Smartphone? 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