The growth of malware families attacking Android smartphones and tablets will be one of the most prevailing threats in 2014, according to security specialist F-Secure Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd.
Users who download supposedly “free” apps from third-party application stores are going to be the main targets of hackers trying to infect smartphones, said Goh Su Gim, its Asia security advisor.
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