'Insidious' apps pose threat to smartphones
By Gao Yuan | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-30 07:53
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The amount of malware surged in May and June. Nearly 3.7 million smartphones were attacked by malicious apps in June, the highest number ever recorded, according to a half-year mobile Internet safety report released by NQ Mobile Inc, China's largest mobile security provider by user number. Gou Ben / For China Daily |
Chinese smartphone users face increasing threats from malicious applications as a rising number of applications designed to hack the phones' operating systems have poured into the market over the past two months, said an industry report.
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