Virus Targeting Millions of Android Users

Virus Targeting Millions of Android Users

The Android operating system has now dominated the world smartphone market, so that Android became the target of cyber criminals. Latest News The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI reported that millions of Android smartphone users vulnerable to viruses and malware.

The operating system is on the rise this continues to be the target of the attack, because the market share and open saource system, which can make it easier for criminals to spread viruses on Android smartphone devices.

"44 percent of Android users are still using version 2.3.3 to 2.3.7-known as Gingerbread-which was released in 2011 has a number of security vulnerabilities fixed in the final version," DHS and the FBI reported in a bulletin, as reported from Busines Insider.

Android is currently leading the market to hold 80 percent of the global market, in the prediction of the two agencies will get a virus and malware attacks so that the federal, state, and authorized to renew the Android software.

In the newsletter also described several threats if the OS is not updated to the latest version and software more secure. This includes viruses that send text messages without the user's knowledge or rootkit that can log the location and the user's password.