By Jai Vijayan
Some 93% of all mobile transactions across 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent, Upstream says. Criminal groups are increasingly targeting users of Android mobile devices with malware for conducting ad fraud on a massive scale. Mobile security vendor Upstream this week said that in 2019 it identified as many as 98,000 malicious Android apps and 43 million infected Android devices across the 20 countries where mobile operators currently use its technology.
By Andriy Lysyuk
Smartphones have made our world more mobile, and there’s no sign that this phenomenon is slowing down. This radical transformation has changed the way we communicate with one another, stay informed and conduct business. Many people opt to use smartphones as their primary device to help manage their life. One of the best resources for identifying mobile security threats is The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), especially its Mobile chapter. OWASP is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving software security.
